Songs for Geoffrey

Verse 1

Boxes stacked against the oven tile floor soaked from someone's boot half the kitchen's still not open but tonight that don't matter, Geoffrey, it's a hoot

Pre-chorus

Nobody cares the chairs aren't here grab a box and call it a seat we're not waiting on the mess to clear

Chorus

Geoffrey, light the candles now raise a cup, however chipped this whole chaos bends and bows round the reason we all tripped and slipped

Verse 2

Rain's still coming through the window nobody thought to shut it tight but you're laughing like you always do though turning wreckage into light

Bridge

Doesn't matter what's unpacked doesn't matter what's still torn what matters is the life you've stacked brick by brick since you were born

Chorus

Geoffrey, light the candles now raise a cup, however chipped this whole chaos bends and bows round the reason we all tripped and slipped

Outro

Someday this floor will all be dry but tonight, Geoffrey, we don't mind

Verse 1

Bags are sliding on the backseat engine ticking, we're not gone you laugh loud at every pothole turning small roads into song

Pre-chorus

We keep stopping, we don't mind it every mile you make it worth it one more year and we still find it

Chorus

Geoffrey, pull the whole world closer light the candles, watch them sway nobody fills a room like Geoffrey we are glad you're here today

Verse 2

You spill snacks across the gravel laughing hard at your own mess we don't care, we're not in a hurry you're the reason we say yes

Pre-chorus

We keep stopping, we don't mind it every mile you make it worth it one more year and we still find it

Chorus

Geoffrey, pull the whole world closer light the candles, watch them sway nobody fills a room like Geoffrey we are glad you're here today

Bridge

Every year that rolls on past us only makes the love grow loud however far the road has taken we still pull over, we still shout

Chorus

Geoffrey, pull the whole world closer light the candles, watch them sway nobody fills a room like Geoffrey we are glad you're here today

Outro

Doors flung open on the gravel glad we stopped here, glad you're ours

Verse 1

Chairs scraping fast across the floor Somebody yells go get some more Nobody sits till you walk in That's what this whole day's for

Pre-chorus

Hands clapping now, the beat's begun Voices stacking one by one Building up to say your name

Chorus

Geoffrey, this whole room's for you Loud and proud and here for you We came running, all of us Nobody does it quite like Geoffrey

Verse 2

Somebody's holding up a cake Candles wobbling, hands that shake We don't care if it falls apart It's you that made the whole thing great

Pre-chorus

Hands clapping now, the beat's begun Voices stacking one by one Building up to say your name

Chorus

Geoffrey, this whole room's for you Loud and proud and here for you We came running, all of us Nobody does it quite like Geoffrey

Bridge

Every year we drag these chairs out Every year we shout your name out Something in you pulls us here

Chorus

Geoffrey, this whole room's for you Loud and proud and here for you We came running, all of us Nobody does it quite like Geoffrey

Outro

Last chair scraping, lights turned low We'll be back next year, Geoffrey, you know

Verse 1

Water drips from the handle down Onto the step below I could stand here half the town Long as you don't go

Pre-chorus

You shake the rain out, laughing low Like waiting is the point And I am learning, watching you, so

Chorus

Geoffrey, you make the grey feel warm Nothing about this feels rehearsed You hum right through the storm Geoffrey, you had my heart at first

Verse 2

Some folks need the sun to shine To feel like something's true I only need this doorway, mine Shared with only you

Bridge

No grand plans, no perfect weather Just this step, this hour, this stall Whatever comes, we'll face it together You're the best part of it all

Chorus

Geoffrey, you make the grey feel warm Nothing about this feels rehearsed You hum right through the storm Geoffrey, you had my heart at first

Outro

The rain will stop, the street will dry But I'll still be standing by

Verse 1

Two cans rolled off the shelf Knocked together, plain and slow I wasn't looking for anyone Then you showed up, soft and low

Pre-chorus

I never planned on finding this Didn't know I had a gap Now you're the one I'm leaning toward

Chorus

Geoffrey, you're the reason I stay Steady as the ground below No grand design, just you and me Rolling close, however slow

Verse 2

Some folks want the fireworks part I just want the quiet kind You didn't dazzle, you just stayed And that's the love I've come to find

Bridge

No aisle too plain to hold this No shelf too low for love like ours It doesn't ask for much attention It just keeps finding you, wherever you are

Chorus

Geoffrey, you're the reason I stay Steady as the ground below No grand design, just you and me Rolling close, however slow

Outro

Two cans still lean, side by side That's how I'll always stay by you

Verse 1

I found a song nobody wanted dusty in a bargain crate but I still hear you in it the one I never learned to hate

Pre-chorus

Some things get put aside and left to gather grey but I kept mine close, Geoffrey and it plays that way

Chorus

Geoffrey, you're the one I chose to keep not the loud love, the kind that runs deep other names got sold off cheap Geoffrey, mine was never one to sweep

Verse 2

The needle catches, skips a beat same as my breath still does for you after all these quiet years it's true, it's true, it's true

Pre-chorus

Some things get put aside and left to gather grey but I kept mine close, Geoffrey and it plays that way

Chorus

Geoffrey, you're the one I chose to keep not the loud love, the kind that runs deep other names got sold off cheap Geoffrey, mine was never one to sweep

Bridge

Everybody else moved on traded up for something new I stayed right here, Geoffrey still spinning around for you

Chorus

Geoffrey, you're the one I chose to keep not the loud love, the kind that runs deep other names got sold off cheap Geoffrey, mine was never one to sweep

Outro

Somewhere there's a box of songs but you're the one that still gets played

Verse 1

A woollen blanket rests along the edge of the little boat While the water underneath you barely moves at all tonight You are wrapped up warm and steady while the whole wide world stays afloat Nothing here can reach you now, you're held so soft and tight

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes and feel the gentle rocking of the tide Every star above is watching over where you lie Let the quiet carry you to somewhere warm inside

Chorus

Geoffrey, the water is still and it's holding you slow Nothing will wake you, no current, no breeze Deep in the calm where the soft lanterns glow Geoffrey, you're safe here, so drift if you please

Verse 2

The blanket smells of evening and of somewhere kind and near Every thread of it was chosen just to keep you warm You don't have to open your eyes or even hear You're already further than the reach of any storm

Bridge

Let the small boat carry all your worries out of sight Nothing follows you to where you're going, only light

Chorus

Geoffrey, the water is still and it's holding you slow Nothing will wake you, no current, no breeze Deep in the calm where the soft lanterns glow Geoffrey, you're safe here, so drift if you please

Outro

The blanket stays warm on the edge of the boat till morning Sleep now, Geoffrey, the water is holding you gently

Verse 1

Old boards under the runners hum a soft and sleepy tune Wrapped up warm against the hush of every settling sound Your breathing slows to match the sway beneath the rising moon Nothing waits out there tonight that isn't safe and sound

Pre-chorus

Every creak below us sings a quiet lullaby Close your eyes and let the dark feel gentle, not unkind Sleep is only drifting now, no need to wonder why

Chorus

Geoffrey, hush now, let the night hold you the way I do Nothing out there matters more than this small rocking room Sleep will come the way it always finds its way to you Geoffrey, close your eyes, I'll watch you drifting into dreams

Verse 2

Sheepskin soft beneath you keeps the midnight chill away Somewhere past the window stars are keeping watch for you Rocking slower now until your worries fade to grey Held here safe and steady, there is nothing you must do

Chorus

Geoffrey, hush now, let the night hold you the way I do Nothing out there matters more than this small rocking room Sleep will come the way it always finds its way to you Geoffrey, close your eyes, I'll watch you drifting into dreams

Bridge

Let the chair keep singing while your small hands finally rest No one else could ever be so dearly, deeply loved

Chorus

Geoffrey, hush now, let the night hold you the way I do Nothing out there matters more than this small rocking room Sleep will come the way it always finds its way to you Geoffrey, close your eyes, I'll watch you drifting into dreams

Outro

Somewhere the floor keeps rocking gently on without a sound You are held here always, long after the chair goes still

Verse 1

The last of the fire is breathing so slow in the grate and everything round you can wait until day, it can wait the warmth in the ash is enough for the room and for you so let your two hands and your worries go still and go loose

Pre-chorus

The house has gone soft with the hush of the coals dying down every small sound in the dark has grown gentle and round and sleep is the tide pulling slow at the edge of the town

Chorus

Geoffrey, the night has you safe in its arms nothing can reach you, no cold and no harm you are the warmest thing here in this room held while the ash breathes its slow, easy plume

Verse 2

Somewhere a chimney lets one thread of smoke find the sky while you are already halfway to dreaming, so heavy your eye nobody needs you to wake, love, or answer, or move there is only this quiet, and you, and the low steady groove

Pre-chorus

The house has gone soft with the hush of the coals dying down every small sound in the dark has grown gentle and round and sleep is the tide pulling slow at the edge of the town

Chorus

Geoffrey, the night has you safe in its arms nothing can reach you, no cold and no harm you are the warmest thing here in this room held while the ash breathes its slow, easy plume

Bridge

Whatever the day asked of you, it is finished and done rest now the way embers rest once they've given their sun

Chorus

Geoffrey, the night has you safe in its arms nothing can reach you, no cold and no harm you are the warmest thing here in this room held while the ash breathes its slow, easy plume

Outro

The grate holds its warmth long after the flames have gone still and you are held gently, and safely, and will be until