Songs for Imogen

Verse 1

Blue towels stacked on cold tiles Footsteps ringing round the deep end You come up laughing, out of breath Nobody lights a room like you again

Pre-chorus

Trumpets warming, ready now Somebody's counting one, two, three We've all been waiting for this part

Chorus

Imogen, get the horns up loud We came here just to sing to you Imogen, we're glad you're here There's no phenomenon quite like you

Verse 2

You dive in before we're ready Splashing everyone in sight We wrap you up in something warm Nobody argues, that's your right

Chorus

Imogen, get the horns up loud We came here just to sing to you Imogen, we're glad you're here There's no phenomenon quite like you

Bridge

Another year, another shout Another candle catching light You make the ordinary golden You turn a Tuesday into bright

Chorus

Imogen, get the horns up loud We came here just to sing to you Imogen, we're glad you're here There's no phenomenon quite like you

Outro

Blue towels folded, tiles gone quiet Still, we're glad we sang for you

Verse 1

Numbers spin up on the board Cases sit by the barrier, ignored Nobody claims what they left behind But you I would never leave unstored

Chorus

Imogen, you light the platform up Every clock stops when you turn up You're the one worth running for Imogen, you're my phenomenon

Verse 2

Trains keep leaving without a sound Strangers rushing, feet on the ground But you arrive like the whole day starts You're the best thing this town has found

Pre-chorus

Hear the tannoy call your name Watch the whole room feel the same Something good is coming, here it comes

Chorus

Imogen, you light the platform up Every clock stops when you turn up You're the one worth running for Imogen, you're my phenomenon

Bridge

Sweet as sugar, sharp as pin Warm like sunshine breaking in We were waiting, didn't know for who Turns out we were waiting just for you

Chorus

Imogen, you light the platform up Every clock stops when you turn up You're the one worth running for Imogen, you're my phenomenon

Outro

Let the boards keep spinning round You're the one we came to found

Verse 1

Lamplight catches on the table Apples rolling, one by one Every face here turned toward you Glowing warmer than the sun

Pre-chorus

Something's building in this kitchen Voices climbing, hard to hold Here it comes before we lose it

Chorus

Imogen, light up the room again Pour the toast and pass it round You're the spark and you're the sweetness Best thing this town has found

Verse 2

Somebody's laughing by the window Somebody's stealing one more slice Every year we gather closer Just to have you in our life

Pre-chorus

Something's building in this kitchen Voices climbing, hard to hold Here it comes before we lose it

Chorus

Imogen, light up the room again Pour the toast and pass it round You're the spark and you're the sweetness Best thing this town has found

Bridge

Cheers go up around the table Nobody wants tonight to end Whatever year gets written on you We're just glad to call you friend

Chorus

Imogen, light up the room again Pour the toast and pass it round You're the spark and you're the sweetness Best thing this town has found

Outro

Apples still roll on the table Every one of them for you

Verse 1

Steam is climbing off the pan Yellow light does what it can I forget the water's on Watching how you lean and yawn

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is much to see Just a kitchen, you and me But my chest gets loud and full

Chorus

Imogen, you steady thing Every ordinary evening You're the warmth I can't explain Imogen, again, again

Verse 2

You wipe the counter, hum a tune Say you'll be ready soon I've seen this moment a hundred times It still undoes me, still it climbs

Chorus

Imogen, you steady thing Every ordinary evening You're the warmth I can't explain Imogen, again, again

Bridge

Not the big days I remember most It's this, the kettle and the toast You, half turned, still checking on me

Chorus

Imogen, you steady thing Every ordinary evening You're the warmth I can't explain Imogen, again, again

Outro

The window's fogged, the light's still gold This is the story I'll always hold

Verse 1

Traffic's stuck and going nowhere Steam is rising off our dinner Coats too heavy for the walk You laugh like you don't care

Pre-chorus

Grease is soaking through the paper Cold is climbing up my collar None of that means much to me

Chorus

Imogen, you make the waiting easy Streetlights on and traffic wheezy You're the warm part of December Imogen, you're never hard to see

Verse 2

Nobody's moving, horns are calling You hand me half of what you're holding Grease upon your winter glove This is how I keep from falling

Bridge

Doesn't need to be a big occasion No fireworks or grand persuasion Just you here, breath in the cold air

Chorus

Imogen, you make the waiting easy Streetlights on and traffic wheezy You're the warm part of December Imogen, you're never hard to see

Outro

Someday I'll forget the traffic But not the grease upon your glove

Verse 1

Grey sky sitting low today Stone wall holding its own line You keep something steady in me Calm the way that wall is calm

Pre-chorus

I've watched the weather change and change Watched the grass go dull and gold But one thing here has never moved

Chorus

Imogen, you're the stone in the field Something sure when the light turns thin Every season, still unsealed I keep coming back again, Imogen

Verse 2

Nobody built that wall for show It just keeps the field its own You never needed to be loud Steady is the loudest thing I know

Bridge

Let the grey stay if it wants Let the grass keep turning gold None of that decides my heart I already know what I hold

Chorus

Imogen, you're the stone in the field Something sure when the light turns thin Every season, still unsealed I keep coming back again, Imogen

Outro

Grey sky can do what it likes I'm still walking that same line

Verse 1

Thick white flakes are piling soft against the window glass tonight Somewhere down the hallway a floorboard hums its old quiet song Nothing in this house would ever let a single shadow near you You are held here closer than the snow could ever fall along

Pre-chorus

Let the wind go wandering, it has nowhere warm to be Let the creaking settle into something like a lullaby Close your eyes now, there is nothing left for you to see

Chorus

Imogen, the night is only asking you to rest Every falling flake is settling soft to keep you warm Nothing out there wants to find you, nothing means you harm Sleep now, Imogen, you always were the best held thing I know

Verse 2

The snow will keep on falling long after your eyes have closed Nobody needs to watch it, that is what the dark is for You can let the whole wide world go quiet now and drift away You are safer than you'll ever need to know behind this door

Chorus

Imogen, the night is only asking you to rest Every falling flake is settling soft to keep you warm Nothing out there wants to find you, nothing means you harm Sleep now, Imogen, you always were the best held thing I know

Bridge

Hush now, let the whole house breathe around you while you sleep Nothing that you dream of tonight can follow you too deep

Chorus

Imogen, the night is only asking you to rest Every falling flake is settling soft to keep you warm Nothing out there wants to find you, nothing means you harm Sleep now, Imogen, you always were the best held thing I know

Outro

The flakes are still falling soft against the glass, so slow Sleep on, you are the warmest thing this whole house ever held

Verse 1

Watch how the pale light slides so slowly on the wall above you the shapes on the paper barely stir as they pass through nothing in this house is moving faster than a hush now and nothing in this world tonight could ever frighten you

Pre-chorus

The wardrobe stands so still and steady in the corner keeping watch while the ceiling drifts in shades of grey and I am here too, closer than the quiet

Chorus

Imogen, the dark is only shadows learning how to dance there is nothing in this room that isn't kind to you soft as cinnamon, as gentle as the hush of evening Imogen, you are the safest thing my arms have found

Verse 2

The wallpaper has kept its secrets since before you came here peeling softly at the edges like a page turned slow but you are new and warm and wrapped in something steadier and every shadow bends to let your breathing show

Bridge

Sleep can come on quiet feet, it doesn't need to hurry let the grey shapes wander while your eyes grow heavy too

Chorus

Imogen, the dark is only shadows learning how to dance there is nothing in this room that isn't kind to you soft as cinnamon, as gentle as the hush of evening Imogen, you are the safest thing my arms have found

Outro

The shapes will keep on moving slow above the old wardrobe and I'll stay until the last one settles into sleep

Verse 1

Rain runs down the window while the engine hums so low Orange lamps keep flashing soft as gentle embers glow You are warm inside here where the quiet loves to stay Nothing in the wide dark world can touch you where you lay

Chorus

Imogen, the night is only holding you tonight Close your eyes, my Imogen, and drift beyond the light Every little sound out there is settling to hum Imogen, you're safe right here, however far I've come

Verse 2

Streetlamps blink like slow eyes watching over kerb and rain Nothing out there in the dark can ever bring you pain You could sleep through thunder if you knew what I have known You were never for a moment left to face this world alone

Pre-chorus

Let the engine's hum become the sound of being held Let the falling rain outside become a lullaby itself Every light out there is only tucking you in deep

Chorus

Imogen, the night is only holding you tonight Close your eyes, my Imogen, and drift beyond the light Every little sound out there is settling to hum Imogen, you're safe right here, however far I've come

Bridge

Sleep now, let the glass and light dissolve to gentle grey Nothing waits for you but morning, soft and far away

Chorus

Imogen, the night is only holding you tonight Close your eyes, my Imogen, and drift beyond the light Every little sound out there is settling to hum Imogen, you're safe right here, however far I've come

Outro

The orange light still glows behind the rainstreaked pane You are already drifting far away from any rain