Songs for Harley

Verse 1

Three bags split across the table Flour drifting like it's able You laugh and let the mess begin Nothing here you'd call unstable

Chorus

Harley, light the whole room brighter Every year you feel much lighter Marley playing, sweet and slow We sing your name and hold you tighter

Verse 2

You turn a kitchen into music Hands all dusty, nothing careful You never mind the mess you make Your kind of joy is never fearful

Pre-chorus

So pass the candles, pass the cake Feel the love that we all make Rising up like something true

Chorus

Harley, light the whole room brighter Every year you feel much lighter Marley playing, sweet and slow We sing your name and hold you tighter

Bridge

You could spill the world and smile Turn the chaos into style No one else could shine this way We're glad you're ours another while

Chorus

Harley, light the whole room brighter Every year you feel much lighter Marley playing, sweet and slow We sing your name and hold you tighter

Outro

Flour settles on the table We love you, Harley, always able

Verse 1

Rain taps soft against the pane cups line up like they've got a name the window fogs, the kettle sings and somehow you make ordinary things

Pre-chorus

Steam curls up and starts to climb every cup here marks your time so let the whole room raise a chime

Chorus

Harley, light the candles now we're cheering loud, we don't know how to say we're glad you came around Harley, best thing in this town

Verse 2

Someone spills a laugh too loud you grin like you don't mind the crowd the chipped old cups still hold the heat just like you hold this whole street

Bridge

Another year, another cup poured full you make the quiet room feel warm and full outside the rain keeps counting time but here we're just glad you're alive

Chorus

Harley, light the candles now we're cheering loud, we don't know how to say we're glad you came around Harley, best thing in this town

Outro

The window fogs, the street goes grey but you're the warmth that stays all day

Verse 1

You hung there quiet through the winter waiting on the light to come but nobody who knows your name would ever call your season done

Chorus

Harley, Harley, we're here to say this house is louder with you in it Harley, hear the whole room sing today's the day, and we begin it

Verse 2

We found you rusted, not forgotten hanging where the good things stay you just needed someone's hand to pull you back into the day

Pre-chorus

So let the candles catch the draught let every voice come off the wall we're building up to something now

Chorus

Harley, Harley, we're here to say this house is louder with you in it Harley, hear the whole room sing today's the day, and we begin it

Bridge

Some things get sharper with the years cut cleaner than they did before you're worth more now than you were then and we keep coming back for more

Chorus

Harley, Harley, we're here to say this house is louder with you in it Harley, hear the whole room sing today's the day, and we begin it

Outro

No more hanging in the dark now we're taking you into the light

Verse 1

Trolleys left out in the rain Nobody comes back for again But I would cross that whole grey lot Just to reach the place you stood and thought

Pre-chorus

You don't need the lights to shine You don't need a perfect line I just need you here on time

Chorus

Harley, you're the steady thing I know Through the rain and through the slow Harley, you're the one I choose again Every ordinary way and when

Verse 2

Carts all scattered, going nowhere fast Like they gave up holding on and asked But you never learned to just let go You stayed when nobody told you so

Chorus

Harley, you're the steady thing I know Through the rain and through the slow Harley, you're the one I choose again Every ordinary way and when

Bridge

I don't need the grand, the loud I need you plain, right here, not proud Some love needs the fireworks and noise Ours just needs your steady voice

Chorus

Harley, you're the steady thing I know Through the rain and through the slow Harley, you're the one I choose again Every ordinary way and when

Outro

Some things get left out in the wet But you're not one I'll ever forget

Verse 1

Leaves fall soft against the wall I watch them settle, soft and slow You taught me nothing needs to shine To matter more than what we know

Chorus

Harley, you're the quiet in my chest Nothing sudden, nothing loud Harley, you're the truth I trust Steady where the rest are proud

Verse 2

Some loves burn and then they're gone I never wanted that kind of fire You are patient, you remain You're the slow and sure desire

Pre-chorus

I used to want the bright, fast thing Now I want what stays and turns Something quiet, something true

Chorus

Harley, you're the quiet in my chest Nothing sudden, nothing loud Harley, you're the truth I trust Steady where the rest are proud

Bridge

Damp stone holds the warmth all day You hold me the same slow way Nothing fades that's built this true

Chorus

Harley, you're the quiet in my chest Nothing sudden, nothing loud Harley, you're the truth I trust Steady where the rest are proud

Outro

The leaves still gather at that wall And I still choose you, slow and all

Verse 1

Two birds standing on the sand Not a feather moves at all Something in that calm you understand You never needed to stand tall

Pre-chorus

I've watched the loud ones come and go You just stay right where you are That kind of still, I want to know

Chorus

Harley, you don't have to try Steady is the whole of your charm Harley, I could tell you why You're the safest kind of calm

Verse 2

There's a tyre washed up black and worn Nobody comes to claim that thing But you show up like every morn No performance, no need to sing

Bridge

I don't need the tide to turn I don't need a grand design Just this quiet way you stay Right here, plain and mine

Chorus

Harley, you don't have to try Steady is the whole of your charm Harley, I could tell you why You're the safest kind of calm

Outro

Two birds still standing on that shore I'll take this quiet, nothing more

Verse 1

Something warm is sliding slowly down the old brick wall tonight Settling soft in corners where the quiet loves to stay You are held the way that darkness holds a candle's light Nothing in this house will ever let your calm give way

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the evening fold in close around your head Every worry drifting out like smoke through a warm flue Sleep is coming closer, closer, to your little bed

Chorus

Harley, Harley, sink into the deep and gentle dark Nothing here will ever come to trouble you or harm Rest here, little Harley, safe beside the fading spark Warm as embers, held as gently as a sleepy arm

Verse 2

Grey soot slides down red brick walls in houses old and kind Falling soft the way your eyelids fall when day is through Every hearth has held a hundred sleepers in its mind And tonight this whole house holds its breath for only you

Bridge

Rest your small hands, let the whole wide night grow still Sleep will carry you as gently as it always will

Chorus

Harley, Harley, sink into the deep and gentle dark Nothing here will ever come to trouble you or harm Rest here, little Harley, safe beside the fading spark Warm as embers, held as gently as a sleepy arm

Outro

Somewhere soot is falling soft down old and sleeping brick You are warm, you are held, and morning will come quick

Verse 1

A slow white light turns far beyond the window pane It sweeps the ceiling soft and finds you once again It does not hurry, it only glides and stays It circles round to watch you through the quiet haze

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the turning light keep watch Nothing in this room will ever reach you here Rest a little deeper, love is standing near

Chorus

Harley, the light is turning soft above your head Sleep now, Harley, safe and warm inside your bed Nothing can shake you while the slow beam finds its way Harley, my dear one, you are held till break of day

Verse 2

Somewhere a lighthouse leans against the far off dark Sending its beam to trace a gentle steady arc It never asks for thanks, it just keeps turning round The way my arms stay wrapped around you, safe and sound

Bridge

Let the hush come slow like tide against the shore You are the calm this whole house waits for Nothing tonight will ever ask you to be strong

Chorus

Harley, the light is turning soft above your head Sleep now, Harley, safe and warm inside your bed Nothing can shake you while the slow beam finds its way Harley, my dear one, you are held till break of day

Outro

The light still turns out there beyond the window pane But you are already drifting, safe from any harm

Verse 1

Look how the light lies soft and gold across the floor tonight Little bits of dust go drifting slow inside that quiet beam You are the reason this whole room feels warm and full of light You watch it fall in silence like the ending of a dream

Pre-chorus

The window dims a little more with every breath you take Your eyes are growing heavy though you fight to keep them wide There is nowhere safer than the corner where we stay

Chorus

Harley, hush now, let the evening hold you close and still Nothing in this world will ever wish you any harm Sleep will come the way that light comes drifting past the sill Harley, you are always folded safe inside this arm

Verse 2

The floorboards creak so gently underneath our rocking chair Every speck of dust is just the day deciding it can rest You are held here tighter than the quiet holds the air Of everyone I've tucked in close, you always felt the best

Bridge

Soon the gold will fade to grey and grey will turn to blue Nothing about the dark tonight has any claim on you

Chorus

Harley, hush now, let the evening hold you close and still Nothing in this world will ever wish you any harm Sleep will come the way that light comes drifting past the sill Harley, you are always folded safe inside this arm

Outro

The light has gone but what it left is warm upon the floor Sleep now, little one, you're loved as much as light, and more