Love Songs for Hannah

• Steam on the Table

  Synth ballad · Synth · Eighties · Wide

  A quiet synth ballad for Hannah, built from one still moment of noticing what love actually feels like when nothing much is happening.

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  Verse 1

  The mug is warm but you're warmer Dust turns slow in the light You sit there reading the label Like it's the only thing worth reading tonight

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing here is asking to be noticed But I notice it because you're near So maybe this is how it starts

  Chorus

  Hannah, I keep the kettle on for you Just to hear you laugh through the steam You make an ordinary table holy Hannah, you're not a passing dream

  Verse 2

  You wrap both hands around the cup Like you're holding something that could break Watching you do that simple thing Is worth more than the words I'd make

  Chorus

  Hannah, I keep the kettle on for you Just to hear you laugh through the steam You make an ordinary table holy Hannah, you're not a passing dream

  Bridge

  Let the coffee go cold if it has to Stay a minute longer where you are Some days love is only this Sitting close while the light moves far

  Chorus

  Hannah, I keep the kettle on for you Just to hear you laugh through the steam You make an ordinary table holy Hannah, you're not a passing dream

  Outro

  The dust still turns above the table Long after you have gone from the room

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• Two Spoons

  Indie folk · Airy · Fingerpicked

  A quiet love song about the small, unglamorous proof of staying together, built from two spoons rattling in a kitchen drawer.

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  Verse 1

  You left your spoon beside mine again Small careless habit, done without a plan Crumbs in the drawer where the metal lands I notice these things because you're in them

  Chorus

  Hannah, you're the sound I know by heart Steady little clatter when the drawer's pulled apart Nothing fancy, nothing hard to name Hannah, you're the noise that feels like home

  Verse 2

  Some folks want the fireworks and the noise I just want you reaching for the same drawer Morning after morning, no need to ask why You're the quiet thing that never gets old

  Pre-chorus

  I've stopped waiting for the grand, loud proof Love got small and it got sure Now every little sound is leading back to you

  Chorus

  Hannah, you're the sound I know by heart Steady little clatter when the drawer's pulled apart Nothing fancy, nothing hard to name Hannah, you're the noise that feels like home

  Bridge

  Two spoons, worn down soft at the edge Still finding each other in all that mess We were never the shiny kind of thing Just the kind that stays, the kind that keeps

  Chorus

  Hannah, you're the sound I know by heart Steady little clatter when the drawer's pulled apart Nothing fancy, nothing hard to name Hannah, you're the noise that feels like home

  Outro

  I'll leave my spoon beside yours again Some sounds you keep because they mean you're here

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• Low on the Carpet

  Gospel soul · Gospel · Organ · Rising

  A quiet gospel soul love song built from a box of old records on the floor, about the calm certainty of loving someone through every season of a life together.

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  Verse 1

  I found this box beneath the stairs Dusty sleeves and worn out squares Didn't mean a thing to me Till you sat with me and made me see

  Pre-chorus

  Something in the way you touch old things Careful like they still have wings Makes me want to hold you closer now

  Chorus

  Hannah, you're the sweetest sound I know Steady as the seasons come and go Hannah, when the whole wide world feels loud You're the quiet I've been dreaming of

  Verse 2

  You held one sleeve up to the light Said this one got us through a fight I didn't know you'd kept the song Guess that's how you loved me all along

  Chorus

  Hannah, you're the sweetest sound I know Steady as the seasons come and go Hannah, when the whole wide world feels loud You're the quiet I've been dreaming of

  Bridge

  Every worn out groove still plays Every old thing finds its way back home So do you, so do I We keep spinning, we don't let go

  Chorus

  Hannah, you're the sweetest sound I know Steady as the seasons come and go Hannah, when the whole wide world feels loud You're the quiet I've been dreaming of

  Outro

  That box is closed now, tucked away But you're the song that's here to stay

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