Love Songs for Gillian

• One Pocket

  Motown ballad · Motown · Strings · Classic

  A steady, sincere Motown-style love song for Gillian, built from a small shared shelter against the rain.

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  Verse 1

  Rain comes down and the sign starts to drip Nobody moves, we just stand here instead One pocket holds both our hands on this trip Your thumb finds mine and the worry goes dead

  Pre-chorus

  I've waited on colder platforms than this Never once knowing what I was owed Then you showed up and turned it to bliss

  Chorus

  Gillian, you're worth a million small waits Nothing about you has ever felt small You steady me down through the changeable states Gillian, I'd choose you over them all

  Verse 2

  Some nights we don't say a single true word Just sit with our hands in that one warm space Whatever I'm feeling, you've already heard You read it off silence, you read it off place

  Chorus

  Gillian, you're worth a million small waits Nothing about you has ever felt small You steady me down through the changeable states Gillian, I'd choose you over them all

  Bridge

  Timetables lie, they never quite hold Trains come in late, plans fall through and unwind But your hand in mine never once turns cold That's the one schedule I don't mind

  Chorus

  Gillian, you're worth a million small waits Nothing about you has ever felt small You steady me down through the changeable states Gillian, I'd choose you over them all

  Outro

  Let the sign keep dripping, let the trains run slow Long as our thumbs touch, I've got somewhere to go

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• Silver on the Rim

  Cinematic strings · Cinematic · Strings · Swelling

  A quiet, plainspoken love song for Gillian, built from a small domestic moment at the sink. Good for any kind of love: brand new, decades old, or steady and unremarked.

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  Verse 1

  A spoon lies wet against the mug forgotten there like a small shrug but I keep noticing you left it the print of you I won't forget it

  Pre-chorus

  I don't need anything grand or loud just this proof that you're around small as a spoon, it pulls me in

  Chorus

  Gillian, you steady my whole day in ordinary ways you stay a million reasons, only one name Gillian, my love stays the same

  Verse 2

  The kitchen light is going grey but something of you won't fade away you touch a thing and it means more that's what I'm always waiting for

  Pre-chorus

  I don't need anything grand or loud just this proof that you're around small as a spoon, it pulls me in

  Chorus

  Gillian, you steady my whole day in ordinary ways you stay a million reasons, only one name Gillian, my love stays the same

  Bridge

  You never asked to be adored but you're the thing I can't afford to lose, to overlook, to miss

  Chorus

  Gillian, you steady my whole day in ordinary ways you stay a million reasons, only one name Gillian, my love stays the same

  Outro

  I'll leave the spoon there by the sink and love you longer than I think

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• Two Dry Crusts

  Acoustic soul · Acoustic · Soul · Warm

  A quiet, plain love song built from an ordinary kitchen moment, for the steady, unglamorous love that shows up every day. Works for a new love, an old one, or one still finding its feet.

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  Verse 1

  Just bread and a cold knife left out Nothing special, nothing planned But you saved the better half for me That's a thing I understand

  Pre-chorus

  You never make a show of it You just quietly stay And that's the loudest thing I know

  Chorus

  Gillian, you don't need a million Reasons to be loved this way One dry crust and a kitchen light Is where I'd choose to stay

  Verse 2

  You split the last of what we had Didn't think to make it fair You just knew that I was hungry too And that you'd always share

  Pre-chorus

  You never make a show of it You just quietly stay And that's the loudest thing I know

  Chorus

  Gillian, you don't need a million Reasons to be loved this way One dry crust and a kitchen light Is where I'd choose to stay

  Bridge

  I've seen the grand kind come and go Loud and bright and gone by morning You're the quiet kind that stays Small and true, and never warning

  Chorus

  Gillian, you don't need a million Reasons to be loved this way One dry crust and a kitchen light Is where I'd choose to stay

  Outro

  The knife still rests where you left it I'll take my half, and call it home

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