Songs for Grayson

Verse 1

Boots are piling by the door Somebody's laughing on the floor Every voice calls out your name This whole house feels just the same

Pre-chorus

We climb the stairs to find you Candles waiting, we remind you Tonight the whole room leans your way

Chorus

Grayson, light the candles up Pour the cider in your cup Every year that music stays on Nobody shines here like Grayson

Verse 2

Somebody left their coat behind Nobody minds, we're of one mind Upstairs the noise gets loud and true Every bit of it's for you

Bridge

Let the fiddle kick up dust We been counting down, we trust This the night we raise a glass

Chorus

Grayson, light the candles up Pour the cider in your cup Every year that music stays on Nobody shines here like Grayson

Outro

Muddy shoes still on the step Nobody's leaving here just yet

Verse 1

Kitchen went loud in a flash Lid hit the tiles and it broke Nobody moved for the crash Then you just laughed at the joke

Pre-chorus

Every shard threw back the light Spinning it round the whole room Something is building tonight

Chorus

Grayson, put your hands up high We came here to shine a light on you Grayson, watch the sparks go by Nobody else could make them dance like you

Verse 2

Somebody swept up the floor Music came back with a bang You pulled us up for one more Turned a mistake to a bang

Chorus

Grayson, put your hands up high We came here to shine a light on you Grayson, watch the sparks go by Nobody else could make them dance like you

Bridge

We could have swept it away Instead we let it stay Every piece caught the light Just like you do tonight

Chorus

Grayson, put your hands up high We came here to shine a light on you Grayson, watch the sparks go by Nobody else could make them dance like you

Outro

Glass still glints on the tiles We're still here for your smile

Verse 1

Boxes stacked beside the counter Bread gone stale but we don't mind Nothing here is fully settled Except the way you make things kind

Chorus

Grayson, light the candles now Every year the feeling stays on Time can pack up, time moves on But we keep loving Grayson

Verse 2

Half a loaf and half unpacked yet Still this kitchen feels like home You could turn a mess to magic Never leave a heart alone

Pre-chorus

Something in the way you're steady Makes the chaos feel like play So let the noise get loud and ready

Chorus

Grayson, light the candles now Every year the feeling stays on Time can pack up, time moves on But we keep loving Grayson

Bridge

Doesn't matter what's still boxed up Doesn't matter what's undone You're the thing that isn't packing You're the one we're building on

Chorus

Grayson, light the candles now Every year the feeling stays on Time can pack up, time moves on But we keep loving Grayson

Outro

Leave the boxes where they're standing Grayson, this is where you belong

Verse 1

Bottles empty by the sink Water running cold and slow I watch your hands and start to think This is more than I could know

Pre-chorus

You don't ask for any praise Just stay steady, stay so true So before the quiet fades

Chorus

Grayson, you're the calm I chose Not the noise but what stays on Every ordinary night that goes Still feels lucky with you, Grayson

Verse 2

Kitchen light is going dim Nobody's watching, just us two I love the shape of every whim That somehow always leads to you

Pre-chorus

You don't ask for any praise Just stay steady, stay so true So before the quiet fades

Chorus

Grayson, you're the calm I chose Not the noise but what stays on Every ordinary night that goes Still feels lucky with you, Grayson

Bridge

No music playing, none is need Just breathing slow beside the sink I've got everything I need Right here, closer than you think

Chorus

Grayson, you're the calm I chose Not the noise but what stays on Every ordinary night that goes Still feels lucky with you, Grayson

Outro

Bottles empty, hands still there Still the softest thing I've found

Verse 1

The rail went rusty years ago Still you lean on it just so Moss took the cracks in the plank Something in me settled too, Grayson

Chorus

Grayson, you stayed when the paint wore thin You found the good beneath the din Some things get better with time on them Grayson, that's you, that's where I've been

Verse 2

I watched that green come creeping slow Nobody planted it, you know It just found a place to hold Like you found me, Grayson, long ago

Pre-chorus

I used to want the polished kind Now I want the worn and lined I want the thing that grew on its own

Chorus

Grayson, you stayed when the paint wore thin You found the good beneath the din Some things get better with time on them Grayson, that's you, that's where I've been

Bridge

Nothing about us was ever staged No one dressed this, no one arranged Just wood and rust and green that grew That's how I ended up loving you

Chorus

Grayson, you stayed when the paint wore thin You found the good beneath the din Some things get better with time on them Grayson, that's you, that's where I've been

Outro

The rail still holds, the moss still spreads I still reach for you instead

Verse 1

Socks on the stones by the fire Turning to white from grey I keep the small things near me The way you keep me safe on

Chorus

Grayson, you settle every room Two names but the warmth stays on Nothing about you is loud Still I would choose your face on

Verse 2

The embers don't need tending now They hold their heat till morning Same as the way you love me No warning, no performing

Pre-chorus

I've watched a lot of fires die But you're the one that stays on I'm not done loving you yet

Chorus

Grayson, you settle every room Two names but the warmth stays on Nothing about you is loud Still I would choose your face on

Bridge

Some loves burn and then they're gone Some just keep going, quiet Yours is the second kind And I am glad to try it

Chorus

Grayson, you settle every room Two names but the warmth stays on Nothing about you is loud Still I would choose your face on

Outro

The socks are dry, the stones are cold But you are the warmth that stays on

Verse 1

The yellow glass is soft with the warmth of your breath While the engine hums low underneath the floor Every drop that slides down is carrying you somewhere gentle And that is all this whole night is for

Chorus

Grayson, the dark cannot touch you tonight Close your eyes and let the humming carry you far You are held here so easy, so quiet, so light Sleeping safe under one small window of stars

Verse 2

Outside the glass the whole world is turning slower Every light we pass is bending soft and low You are wrapped in something warmer than any blanket And there is nowhere safer that you need to go

Pre-chorus

Rest your head, let the hum become a heartbeat Let the glass keep dripping, let the miles unwind Nothing in the dark tonight is louder than this quiet

Chorus

Grayson, the dark cannot touch you tonight Close your eyes and let the humming carry you far You are held here so easy, so quiet, so light Sleeping safe under one small window of stars

Bridge

Wherever this road goes, you go held and certain Warm as the glass, steady as the floor beneath Nothing can reach you while this hum keeps turning

Chorus

Grayson, the dark cannot touch you tonight Close your eyes and let the humming carry you far You are held here so easy, so quiet, so light Sleeping safe under one small window of stars

Outro

The glass has gone still now, the engine gone quiet Sleep on, little one, you are already home

Verse 1

The last of the orange is sliding away down the grate and grey ash is drifting so softly, in no kind of hurry to wait the room settles into a hush that has nowhere to be and nothing tonight has to happen but you falling asleep

Chorus

Grayson, the ashes glow low and the whole house exhales hold onto the warmth for as long as the last of it stays on you are the reason the dark doesn't feel like it's cold Grayson, my quiet one, safe as the embers grow old

Verse 2

The fire has nothing to prove, so it lets itself fade content just to warm this one room where your softness is made outside every star has already gone dim and gone home but you are still here, you are held, you are never alone

Pre-chorus

So let your small hands go loose and your breathing run slow let the last bit of orange sink into the glow there's nothing to chase now, no reason to keep your eyes open

Chorus

Grayson, the ashes glow low and the whole house exhales hold onto the warmth for as long as the last of it stays on you are the reason the dark doesn't feel like it's cold Grayson, my quiet one, safe as the embers grow old

Bridge

Even when all of the colour has gone out of sight something stays warm in the bottom of night that warmth has your name settled soft in its glow

Chorus

Grayson, the ashes glow low and the whole house exhales hold onto the warmth for as long as the last of it stays on you are the reason the dark doesn't feel like it's cold Grayson, my quiet one, safe as the embers grow old

Outro

The grate has gone quiet, the last of the light settled down and you are still here, safe and warm, breathing slow, sleeping sound

Verse 1

Heavy drops are falling soft against the windowpane streetlamps blur to gold and amber, melting in the rain out there the whole wide world is turning slow and grey but here you rest where nothing cold can ever stay

Pre-chorus

Listen how the rain keeps time so gentle overhead every drop is humming you the way toward your bed and all it says is close your eyes and lay

Chorus

Grayson, hush now, let the rain sing you to sleep this small warm room is yours to keep nothing in the dark outside can find its way to you Grayson, safe and sound while the whole wide night plays on

Verse 2

Somewhere past the glass the streetlamps flicker in a row holding back the shadows so the quiet ones can grow you are wrapped in something soft that will not fade away warmer than the porch light left on through the grey

Pre-chorus

Listen how the rain keeps time so gentle overhead every drop is humming you the way toward your bed and all it says is close your eyes and lay

Chorus

Grayson, hush now, let the rain sing you to sleep this small warm room is yours to keep nothing in the dark outside can find its way to you Grayson, safe and sound while the whole wide night plays on

Bridge

Rest your head, let every worry drift and fall you were loved before the rain began at all sleep will carry you so gently past it all

Chorus

Grayson, hush now, let the rain sing you to sleep this small warm room is yours to keep nothing in the dark outside can find its way to you Grayson, safe and sound while the whole wide night plays on

Outro

Let the rain go on and on against the glass tonight you are held here, warm and still, until the light