Songs for Hamish

Verse 1

Cardboard cups are stacking up someone's spilled the tea again the piano's slightly out of tune but you make the whole room grin

Pre-chorus

Draughty hall and paper plates nothing here is fancy but every face turned up tonight

Chorus

Hamish, this whole room is yours every cup and chair we came because we love you, Hamish and we're all still here

Verse 2

Candles won't stay lit in here the wind gets through the door but nobody is leaving yet we've come to see you more

Pre-chorus

Draughty hall and paper plates nothing here is fancy but every face turned up tonight

Chorus

Hamish, this whole room is yours every cup and chair we came because we love you, Hamish and we're all still here

Bridge

Sing it loud, sing it wrong doesn't matter, carry on one more year, one more song for the one this all belongs

Chorus

Hamish, this whole room is yours every cup and chair we came because we love you, Hamish and we're all still here

Outro

The cups will get put away but you're the one we keep

Verse 1

Streamers catch along the rail Somebody's tied a ribbon on We're climbing up to find you Every step tells the same tale

Pre-chorus

Voices bunching on the landing Somebody's counting one two three We're holding all this joy in

Chorus

Hamish, get your candles ready Hamish, hold your head up steady Everyone you know is here We came because you matter to us already

Verse 2

You always find the crooked stair You make the whole house feel less grand We follow where you're leading Glad that you are always there

Chorus

Hamish, get your candles ready Hamish, hold your head up steady Everyone you know is here We came because you matter to us already

Bridge

Paper catching, torn and bright Just like you on any night Nobody planned to love you this much But here we are, and it feels right

Chorus

Hamish, get your candles ready Hamish, hold your head up steady Everyone you know is here We came because you matter to us already

Outro

Streamers still along the rail We're glad we climbed to find you here

Verse 1

Empty chairs against the glass waited long for you to pass every seat was cold and bare till you came and warmed the air

Pre-chorus

Nobody sits alone tonight not while you're still burning bright so raise the roof and hold on tight

Chorus

Hamish, Hamish, light the room chase away the empty gloom Hamish, here's to one more year every chair gets glad you're here

Verse 2

Spin cycle hums a birthday tune clapping hands beneath the moon you turn a launderette to gold that's a gift no coin has sold

Chorus

Hamish, Hamish, light the room chase away the empty gloom Hamish, here's to one more year every chair gets glad you're here

Bridge

Stomp your feet and clap your hands the whole room understands we came for you, we stayed for you nobody else would do

Chorus

Hamish, Hamish, light the room chase away the empty gloom Hamish, here's to one more year every chair gets glad you're here

Outro

Every chair against the glass cheers the day that you came past

Verse 1

The wax is pooling slowly into its small saucer of light A draught comes soft and turns the wick down low Everything in this room is settling in for the night And you are held here safely, however the winds may blow

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, let the flicker fade to amber and rest Nothing tonight is asking anything more of you The dark is only a blanket that loves you best

Chorus

Hamish, the night is turning gentle just for you Sleep is a warm tide rising slow around your name Hamish, there's nowhere safer than this hush you're settling into No draught, no dark, can ever trouble that small flame

Verse 2

The saucer holds the wax the way this house holds you Quiet and round and never asking you to stay awake Somewhere a wick is bending but the warmth stays true And every soft thing tonight is here for your sake

Chorus

Hamish, the night is turning gentle just for you Sleep is a warm tide rising slow around your name Hamish, there's nowhere safer than this hush you're settling into No draught, no dark, can ever trouble that small flame

Bridge

Even when the little flame leans and dips out of sight Somebody is watching over all of it, and you

Chorus

Hamish, the night is turning gentle just for you Sleep is a warm tide rising slow around your name Hamish, there's nowhere safer than this hush you're settling into No draught, no dark, can ever trouble that small flame

Outro

The wax has settled soft and still within its saucer now And you are settling too, held gently, safe somehow

Verse 1

Somewhere a tap is letting go of one slow drop at a time Nothing is rushing tonight, so you don't have to either Close your small hands and let the whole house settle round you Sleep is just quiet, waiting patiently like an old friend near

Chorus

Hamish, the night is holding you soft and low Every small sound outside is only water learning to flow You are the warmest thing in this whole house tonight, Hamish Rest here where nothing can touch you, where love says so

Verse 2

Under the window the sink counts seconds nobody else hears Your breathing has already found that same unhurried beat Nothing is asking anything of you now, only rest Stay curled up here where the dark and the quiet meet

Pre-chorus

Listen how gently the whole house exhales around your bed Even the water outside has slowed to match your breathing Let your eyes close now, there is nothing left unsaid

Chorus

Hamish, the night is holding you soft and low Every small sound outside is only water learning to flow You are the warmest thing in this whole house tonight, Hamish Rest here where nothing can touch you, where love says so

Bridge

Drop by drop the dark gets softer, not more strange Nothing tonight is asking you to move or change

Chorus

Hamish, the night is holding you soft and low Every small sound outside is only water learning to flow You are the warmest thing in this whole house tonight, Hamish Rest here where nothing can touch you, where love says so

Outro

Somewhere that tap is still keeping time so softly and slow Sleep now, Hamish, you are the safest thing I know

Verse 1

The dark cotton lifts so softly at the sill tonight stirred by a breeze too gentle to bring any fright everything in this small room is settled and still you are the warmest thing beside that windowsill

Pre-chorus

Let your breathing slow to match the curtain's sway feel the whole wide house grow quiet and grey close your eyes now, there is nowhere else to be

Chorus

Hamish, the night is holding you so near every soft shadow only draws you dear Hamish, sleep is coming warm and slow rest inside the calm that only you would know

Verse 2

The fabric barely moves now, the breeze has grown thin peace has found its way to settle deep within nothing needs an answer, nothing needs a sound you are wrapped in stillness, safe and sound

Pre-chorus

Let your breathing slow to match the curtain's sway feel the whole wide house grow quiet and grey close your eyes now, there is nowhere else to be

Chorus

Hamish, the night is holding you so near every soft shadow only draws you dear Hamish, sleep is coming warm and slow rest inside the calm that only you would know

Bridge

However far the dark stretches beyond that pane you are held here gently, again and again nothing tonight could ever pull you from this care

Chorus

Hamish, the night is holding you so near every soft shadow only draws you dear Hamish, sleep is coming warm and slow rest inside the calm that only you would know

Outro

The cotton settles softly, still against the frame and sleep folds round you gently, whispering your name