Songs for Isaac

Verse 1

Boxes piled up past the window Night bus rattling through the dark Nobody minds the crowded corner Long as you're the one who sparks

Pre-chorus

Every mile feels like a reason Every stop feels like a start Something's counting down to something

Chorus

Isaac, tonight the room is yours Pull up a seat and take the prize Isaac, we came for you tonight Watch how the candles catch your eyes

Verse 2

Somebody's holding all the parcels Somebody's laughing at the bends You're the reason we're all crammed in You're the reason we call them friends

Chorus

Isaac, tonight the room is yours Pull up a seat and take the prize Isaac, we came for you tonight Watch how the candles catch your eyes

Bridge

However far this old bus carries We'd choose this ride again You make the tightest corners easy You make the waiting worth the when

Chorus

Isaac, tonight the room is yours Pull up a seat and take the prize Isaac, we came for you tonight Watch how the candles catch your eyes

Outro

Boxes still stacked on the back seat Still glad we came along for you

Verse 1

Left on a bench, brown paper waits Nobody claims what's sitting there But you don't wait to be discovered You just walk in like you don't care

Pre-chorus

Some things get left, unclaimed, unknown Some things sit quiet till they're gone But you were never that kind of thing

Chorus

Isaac, the room lights up like it Knows exactly why you're here Isaac, we don't need to unwrap this You're the best part of the year

Verse 2

String and paper, tied up tight Somebody's waiting on a name But you don't hide behind a wrapper You show up loud, you show up plain

Chorus

Isaac, the room lights up like it Knows exactly why you're here Isaac, we don't need to unwrap this You're the best part of the year

Bridge

Blow out the candles, make it count Another year you got to spike it We're glad you're here, however loud we shout it Nobody else could ever be like it

Chorus

Isaac, the room lights up like it Knows exactly why you're here Isaac, we don't need to unwrap this You're the best part of the year

Outro

That bench is empty, package gone We already know what we were given

Verse 1

Bags stacked halfway up the stairs Somebody sure went and cared We climbed twice to get it right Because you're worth every dare

Pre-chorus

Every step we took today Was just to hear you say Something's coming, something true

Chorus

Isaac, Isaac, light the room Clap your hands, here comes the tune Nobody else could ever do What you do just walking through

Verse 2

Ribbons tangled on the rail Half the bows began to fail Nobody minded one small bit Watching you unwrap the tale

Chorus

Isaac, Isaac, light the room Clap your hands, here comes the tune Nobody else could ever do What you do just walking through

Bridge

Stand right there and take the cheer Every voice that brought you here We came loaded, arms and heart This is your one shining year

Chorus

Isaac, Isaac, light the room Clap your hands, here comes the tune Nobody else could ever do What you do just walking through

Outro

Leave the bags there on the stair We just came to say we care

Verse 1

There is a line of light that rests along the floorboards waiting there so gently while the whole house grows quiet nothing has to hurry now, nothing has to wake Isaac, it will still be there when morning comes to find you

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes and let the small light hold its place feel how soft and slow the dark can be around you this is where the day lies down and lets you

Chorus

Isaac, sleep is closer than it seems tonight hush now, let the quiet learn to hold you right nothing in this room will ever leave you scared Isaac, you are safe inside this warm and gentle light

Verse 2

The rug lies flat and even underneath the shadow stretched out calm and patient like it means to guard you every little sound outside has settled down to rest you are wrapped in something steadier than any storm could shake

Bridge

Whatever waits beyond the door can wait till it is morning nothing needs your worry, only needs your slow deep breathing

Chorus

Isaac, sleep is closer than it seems tonight hush now, let the quiet learn to hold you right nothing in this room will ever leave you scared Isaac, you are safe inside this warm and gentle light

Outro

The light beneath the door will keep its watch till morning so rest now, Isaac, in the calm it leaves behind

Verse 1

I coil the rope and lay it soft at the bottom of the boat No need to sail tonight, no need to search or float Everything that moved today can finally lie down slow You are the reason all this quiet wants to grow

Pre-chorus

The water settles flat and holds the little light it keeps Nothing pulls, nothing tugs, the whole night barely creeps Close your eyes now, let the hush come find you where you sleep

Chorus

Isaac, the harbour holds you safe and low Nothing here will pull you where you don't want to go Isaac, sleep is just the gentlest tide Rest here, coiled and warm, with the whole night on your side

Verse 2

You breathe the way the rope lies, loose and unafraid to rest No knot to tie tonight, no far shore to test I'll keep watch so nothing tugs the line while you dream on You can let the whole wide dark be calm until it's gone

Chorus

Isaac, the harbour holds you safe and low Nothing here will pull you where you don't want to go Isaac, sleep is just the gentlest tide Rest here, coiled and warm, with the whole night on your side

Bridge

Somewhere past the window the whole dark bay is still No current strong enough to move you if it will You are held the way the rope is held, not lost, just laid to rest

Chorus

Isaac, the harbour holds you safe and low Nothing here will pull you where you don't want to go Isaac, sleep is just the gentlest tide Rest here, coiled and warm, with the whole night on your side

Outro

The rope stays coiled and still until the morning finds the shore You are loved exactly this much, and always a little more

Verse 1

Somewhere the water is folding on stones in the dark white foam turning over so quietly on the shore and here in this room every shadow is soft as a spark you are held and you are wanted, you don't need anymore

Chorus

Isaac, the night is a blanket pulled soft round your bed Isaac, there's nothing that's chasing the warmth from this place rest now, let all of the noise of the day go instead sleep now, and know you are held by the world's gentlest grace

Verse 2

Far off a cliff stands so still while the tide rolls below watching the same quiet water that's watching over you nothing tonight has to hurry, and nothing must go you are the calm at the centre of all that is true

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the whole house is breathing in time with your chest let every worry dissolve like the foam on the sand close your eyes slowly and drift into somewhere you're blessed

Chorus

Isaac, the night is a blanket pulled soft round your bed Isaac, there's nothing that's chasing the warmth from this place rest now, let all of the noise of the day go instead sleep now, and know you are held by the world's gentlest grace

Bridge

Wave after wave keeps returning to shore just to prove nothing that's loved is forgotten however it moves

Chorus

Isaac, the night is a blanket pulled soft round your bed Isaac, there's nothing that's chasing the warmth from this place rest now, let all of the noise of the day go instead sleep now, and know you are held by the world's gentlest grace

Outro

Somewhere the water still folds itself soft on the stones sleep now, you're carried the whole quiet night, never alone

Verse 1

Before you cross the threshold here While icicles hang bright and clear We sit beside the burning pine And Isaac, we have kept your chair

Pre-chorus

Snow lies fresh upon the ground Every window glowing warm Listen, do you hear the sound

Chorus

Isaac in the winter dark You're the light we're waiting for Frost will melt and thaw the year Isaac, you have brought us home

Verse 2

Carols rise from voices near Stories that we long to share Embers glow and shadows play And you would sit exactly there

Pre-chorus

Snow lies fresh upon the ground Every window glowing warm Listen, do you hear the sound

Chorus

Isaac in the winter dark You're the light we're waiting for Frost will melt and thaw the year Isaac, you have brought us home

Bridge

Whether you arrive tonight Or shine from somewhere far away

Chorus

Isaac in the winter dark You're the light we're waiting for Frost will melt and thaw the year Isaac, you have brought us home

Outro

The sledge still waits upon the snow For you to come and ride it home

Verse 1

Dust falls through the winter light You climb up with open hands Tissue paper, tangled bright Isaac, you make this feel right

Pre-chorus

Every box you help me find Every decoration you wind Brings the season close to me

Chorus

Isaac, Isaac, here with me Through the frost and the frost-bright trees Isaac, you light the long dark year Come and sit by the fire near

Verse 2

Carols drift from rooms below You untangle every thread Laughter when the lights all glow Isaac, I want you to know

Chorus

Isaac, Isaac, here with me Through the frost and the frost-bright trees Isaac, you light the long dark year Come and sit by the fire near

Bridge

This is how we come back home When the winter winds have blown

Chorus

Isaac, Isaac, here with me Through the frost and the frost-bright trees Isaac, you light the long dark year Come and sit by the fire near

Outro

Tissue paper on the floor You're the light I'm grateful for

Verse 1

You trace shapes in winter's fog Your finger melts the frozen pane Each line you draw will fade and clog Yet still you trace it once again

Chorus

Isaac, you are here Isaac, you are here Breath and warmth and light so dear Drawing close the ones held near

Verse 2

We gather where the windows mist You sketch a star, a cross, a name The kindness that we would have missed Warms us more than any flame

Pre-chorus

Show us what you see In that fleeting art This is what we need

Chorus

Isaac, you are here Isaac, you are here Breath and warmth and light so dear Drawing close the ones held near

Bridge

One hand pressed against the cold The other making something true We watch the shapes dissolve and fold And feel the season live in you

Chorus

Isaac, you are here Isaac, you are here Breath and warmth and light so dear Drawing close the ones held near

Outro

You trace shapes in winter's fog And we are home because you came