Songs for Harry

Verse 1

Gifts are stacked on the bottom step Ribbons catching the morning light You come down still half asleep But your face goes bright

Pre-chorus

Someone's clattering plates downstairs Someone's lighting up the cake The whole house holds its breath and waits

Chorus

Happy birthday, Harry This house is loud for you We'll sing until we're hoarse for you There's nothing we won't carry

Verse 2

You never asked for all of this Just a hug would do the trick But look how far the love can stretch When it's you we pick

Pre-chorus

Someone's clattering plates downstairs Someone's lighting up the cake The whole house holds its breath and waits

Chorus

Happy birthday, Harry This house is loud for you We'll sing until we're hoarse for you There's nothing we won't carry

Bridge

Another year, and still you shine Every candle's yours tonight We're glad you're ours, we're glad you're mine Glad you walked into this light

Chorus

Happy birthday, Harry This house is loud for you We'll sing until we're hoarse for you There's nothing we won't carry

Outro

The gifts can wait another minute Stay right here where we can see you

Verse 1

Someone tied balloons on string to the door where you walk in just a shop on a grey street but tonight it's your day to win

Pre-chorus

Every candle waits for you every voice is holding still so we can shout it loud

Chorus

Harry, this is your day we came to make it loud we would shout it anywhere Harry, stand up proud

Verse 2

You always laugh at nothing and somehow that lifts the room you make the queue feel shorter you chase away the gloom

Bridge

However far you've travelled however long the year you're still the one we're cheering the one we're glad is here

Chorus

Harry, this is your day we came to make it loud we would shout it anywhere Harry, stand up proud

Outro

The balloons will lose their air but you don't fade like that

Verse 1

Card taped up on the glass Half the tape has lost its stick You'd laugh if you could see it Somebody wrote your name so fast

Chorus

Harry, light the candles now We're loud because we love you loud Every song sounds better When Harry's the one taking a bow

Verse 2

Steam is fogging up the window Nobody minds, we're waiting here Someone keeps checking the clock Just to watch your face appear

Pre-chorus

We've been practising this all week Getting the harmonies right Count us in, here it comes

Chorus

Harry, light the candles now We're loud because we love you loud Every song sounds better When Harry's the one taking a bow

Bridge

Blow it out before it drips Make the wish you always make Whatever it is, we're in it We're not going anywhere you go

Chorus

Harry, light the candles now We're loud because we love you loud Every song sounds better When Harry's the one taking a bow

Outro

That card stays taped to the glass Same as we stay stuck on you

Verse 1

Two pairs of shoes left in the grass The hill goes quiet, just us two I don't need noise when you're this close There's nothing here I'd rather do

Pre-chorus

The wind moves slow across the field You reach for me without a word And every wall I've built gives way

Chorus

Harry, I would climb for this Just to lie here, hand in hand Harry, this is all I want One hillside and one patch of land

Verse 2

Your laugh still catches on the breeze It finds me even now, half asleep I trace the shape your shoulder makes This is the only peace I keep

Chorus

Harry, I would climb for this Just to lie here, hand in hand Harry, this is all I want One hillside and one patch of land

Bridge

No map got us here, just walking Your voice still steadies every step I'd lose the path a hundred times If it kept leading back to you

Chorus

Harry, I would climb for this Just to lie here, hand in hand Harry, this is all I want One hillside and one patch of land

Outro

Two pairs of shoes, worn soft with walking Still side by side when we come down

Verse 1

One album sits on the listening rack Everything else fades to the back Headphones on, the needle drops I hear your voice in every track

Pre-chorus

I could search these shelves for hours Nothing else has that same pull Then your name comes to mind

Chorus

Harry, I would carry This feeling home with me Nothing here could ever part ya From the part of me that's free

Verse 2

You hum along without a sound Your fingers tap the well worn ground I watch you lost inside the song And I don't want to be found

Bridge

Some things you buy, some things you keep This one goes deeper than the sleeve I don't need to own the record Just to know you're here with me

Chorus

Harry, I would carry This feeling home with me Nothing here could ever part ya From the part of me that's free

Outro

The needle lifts, the shop grows still I'd play this over, always will

Verse 1

The map was drawn in your own hand Half the lines I don't understand But I would follow it anywhere Just to know that you'd be there

Pre-chorus

The deck is moving under me Nothing here stays still or free Except this thing I'm trying to say

Chorus

Harry, you're the one I'd carry Through the wind and through the worry No one else I'd rather marry To this life, no one but Harry

Verse 2

You pin your plans up to the rail Certain that they will not fail I never learned to read them right But I trust you with the tide tonight

Chorus

Harry, you're the one I'd carry Through the wind and through the worry No one else I'd rather marry To this life, no one but Harry

Bridge

Let the water do what water does We're not lost, we're just with us I don't need the shore to know You're the compass I follow

Chorus

Harry, you're the one I'd carry Through the wind and through the worry No one else I'd rather marry To this life, no one but Harry

Outro

Fold the map, we don't need it now I know the way because it's you

Verse 1

The moon leans low and paints your ceiling silver and slow Above your crib the little shapes begin to go Turning soft in circles nobody has to see I will stay right here and watch the whole night grow

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the spinning carry you down Nothing in this room can ever bring you harm Just the hush, and you, and this whole house settling round

Chorus

Harry, Harry, safe beneath the stars I carry Nothing in the dark tonight will ever marry fear to you Sleep will come the way the tide comes, sure and slow There is no love as steady as the one I carry

Verse 2

The shadows on the wall are only shapes at play They dance a little longer, then they drift away You do not have to watch them, you can let them go I will still be here when morning finds its way

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the spinning carry you down Nothing in this room can ever bring you harm Just the hush, and you, and this whole house settling round

Chorus

Harry, Harry, safe beneath the stars I carry Nothing in the dark tonight will ever marry fear to you Sleep will come the way the tide comes, sure and slow There is no love as steady as the one I carry

Bridge

Every little turn above your head is one more hour of rest Every breath you take is proof that you are truly blessed Rest now, little one, there is no reason left to fight it

Chorus

Harry, Harry, safe beneath the stars I carry Nothing in the dark tonight will ever marry fear to you Sleep will come the way the tide comes, sure and slow There is no love as steady as the one I carry

Outro

The mobile turns so slowly now, it barely seems to move You are held here, always, in the quiet that we choose

Verse 1

You watch the garden settle into shadow and quiet blue A small white seed lifts off and drifts above the sleeping ground I wrap you warmer as the cool night air comes drifting through You are the softest thing that this whole hushed garden ever found

Chorus

Harry, Harry, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this garden moves as gently as your breath Harry, drifting like a seed that floats on quiet wind There is nothing in the night that means you any harm or death

Verse 2

The moon leans low to watch the seed go tumbling through the air It has no place to be tonight, no worry it must keep You are held here safe and warm, with nothing you need bear Let your busy little thoughts go soft and slow to sleep

Pre-chorus

Listen how the leaves are barely whispering at all The whole wide garden holds its breath to let you rest And even the smallest seed can wander and not fall

Chorus

Harry, Harry, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this garden moves as gently as your breath Harry, drifting like a seed that floats on quiet wind There is nothing in the night that means you any harm or death

Bridge

Wherever that small seed comes down to finally rest its wings I will still be here beside you, watching over everything

Chorus

Harry, Harry, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this garden moves as gently as your breath Harry, drifting like a seed that floats on quiet wind There is nothing in the night that means you any harm or death

Outro

The seed has settled soft among the sleeping garden flowers Sleep now, Harry, you are held through all the quiet hours

Verse 1

A train is going home along the far dark hill and all its lantern windows are getting soft and still the whole wide world is settling into hush and grey so let the night come carry all your cares away

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let your breathing slow right down nothing in the dark tonight can touch this quiet town and every little worry has gone and lost its sound

Chorus

Harry, Harry, sleep beneath the stars so mild I will hold this whole night gentle for my child the lights are fading far off, easy, soft and slow and safe here in this stillness, Harry, is where you'll go

Verse 2

The tracks will hum a little, then they'll hum no more just like the tide that always settles on the shore and somewhere in the dark the last light dips from view but here inside this room there's only me and you

Chorus

Harry, Harry, sleep beneath the stars so mild I will hold this whole night gentle for my child the lights are fading far off, easy, soft and slow and safe here in this stillness, Harry, is where you'll go

Bridge

Wherever that train travels, however far it's gone you are the one I'm watching till the coming dawn no distance and no darkness ever pulls you from my sight

Chorus

Harry, Harry, sleep beneath the stars so mild I will hold this whole night gentle for my child the lights are fading far off, easy, soft and slow and safe here in this stillness, Harry, is where you'll go

Outro

The train has gone to quiet and the hill has gone to black but you are held here softly and you'll never lose the track