Songs for Isabella

Verse 1

We chased the cake box down the sand You laughed so loud it beat the wind Nobody here has your master plan Somehow you always, always win

Pre-chorus

The seagulls stole the icing clean We're dancing now, we don't mind Something wild is about to begin

Chorus

Isabella, light the sky up Two names rhyme with cinderella Nothing tonight can bring you down You spin the room like an umbrella

Verse 2

The candles won't stay lit out here You cup your hands and try again Everybody's cheering, drawing near You blow it out on your third try, then

Chorus

Isabella, light the sky up Two names rhyme with cinderella Nothing tonight can bring you down You spin the room like an umbrella

Bridge

Box after box goes tumbling by We're singing louder than the sea Nobody plans a night like this But you were born for you and me

Chorus

Isabella, light the sky up Two names rhyme with cinderella Nothing tonight can bring you down You spin the room like an umbrella

Outro

The boxes blow off down the dunes We're glad we spent tonight on you

Verse 1

I walked down by the green water past crisp packets caught in reeds nothing there was worth the keeping but you're worth more than all my needs

Pre-chorus

So let the whole room stand up now let the candles catch the light this one's building to a shout

Chorus

Isabella, hear us calling like a choir, like a cappella every voice here sings it plainer you're the best thing, Isabella

Verse 2

Some things wash up and get forgotten left behind for wind to carry you were never one for leaving you're the reason we don't worry

Bridge

Open up your arms, umbrella wide let this whole room stand beside you clap it loud, don't hide your smile today was always going to find you

Chorus

Isabella, hear us calling like a choir, like a cappella every voice here sings it plainer you're the best thing, Isabella

Outro

Long after we leave the water you're the one we're singing for

Verse 1

Napkins slide off the bench again Nobody cares where they land This corner gets loud when you're in it We saved this seat for you, Isabella

Pre-chorus

Someone's lighting the candles wrong Laughing so hard they can't stand We're all turning toward the door

Chorus

Isabella, light of this whole room Every year we're glad you bloom Raise a glass, however it spills Isabella, we're better since you came

Verse 2

The dartboard's missing half its darts Someone's coat is on the floor You're the reason this dive feels golden Nobody else could hold this room like you

Pre-chorus

Someone's lighting the candles wrong Laughing so hard they can't stand We're all turning toward the door

Chorus

Isabella, light of this whole room Every year we're glad you bloom Raise a glass, however it spills Isabella, we're better since you came

Bridge

However far you've come to here We're glad you made it, loud and clear You turn a sticky bench to gold That's worth more than we've ever told you

Chorus

Isabella, light of this whole room Every year we're glad you bloom Raise a glass, however it spills Isabella, we're better since you came

Outro

Let the napkins fall where they fall We'll toast you here till closing time

Verse 1

Water splashing over bare feet Cold tiles under the both of us The suds keep rising past my wrists And still you laugh like this is nothing

Pre-chorus

Small moments never asked to matter Somehow turned into everything So here's the thing I need to say

Chorus

Isabella, I found my home in you No grand plan, no umbrella Just your hand reaching for mine Isabella, you're the calm after the weather

Verse 2

You hum some tune you half remember Bubbles catching on your knuckles I'm watching you like it's a secret Nothing rehearsed, nothing that buckles

Chorus

Isabella, I found my home in you No grand plan, no umbrella Just your hand reaching for mine Isabella, you're the calm after the weather

Bridge

Doesn't matter what the day was We end up here, laughing at nothing You steady me without even trying That's the whole of it, that's everything

Chorus

Isabella, I found my home in you No grand plan, no umbrella Just your hand reaching for mine Isabella, you're the calm after the weather

Outro

Cold tiles, warm hands, still holding This is how I'll always know you

Verse 1

You left your jumper next to mine two sleeves that lean like they design one small hook by the door holding what we call divine

Chorus

Isabella, you're the warm I know the reason I don't let this go every winter proves it true Isabella, steady as we grow

Verse 2

You hang your coat before you speak find my hand before the week gets loud and pulls us thin this is the calm I seek

Pre-chorus

I've watched the wool wear soft with time seen how easy your hand finds mine and still I lean in closer, still

Chorus

Isabella, you're the warm I know the reason I don't let this go every winter proves it true Isabella, steady as we grow

Bridge

No grand words, just this small room just you and the same worn hook some loves keep quiet and true

Chorus

Isabella, you're the warm I know the reason I don't let this go every winter proves it true Isabella, steady as we grow

Outro

Still hanging close by that rusted hook still choosing you, however long it took

Verse 1

Trolley wheels rattling on the tarmac Sodium light turns the whole car park orange You're humming something I don't know Reminding me why I don't want to go

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is beautiful Except you're standing next to me And that's enough to build a life on

Chorus

Isabella, you make the ordinary shine Every plain night feels like it's mine Isabella, there's no one else I need You're the reason I never speed

Verse 2

We forget the milk every single time Circle back and call it fine You laugh like it's the funniest thing And that laugh is my favourite thing

Chorus

Isabella, you make the ordinary shine Every plain night feels like it's mine Isabella, there's no one else I need You're the reason I never speed

Bridge

I don't need candles or a crowd Just you talking low and unproud This is the whole of what I want Nothing dressed up, nothing wrong

Chorus

Isabella, you make the ordinary shine Every plain night feels like it's mine Isabella, there's no one else I need You're the reason I never speed

Outro

Wheels still rattling on the grey tarmac I'd walk this same road with you, and back

Verse 1

The boat leans soft against the dark and quiet water Rocking so slow beneath the little bed you keep Every small wave taps the wood to sing you under Down and down into the kind of sleep so deep

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the lantern dim to amber Feel the hull breathe slow beneath you, calm and steady Sleep is coming soft and warm, and it is ready

Chorus

Isabella, hush now, let the water hold you Nobody is safer than you are tonight Every ripple hums a tune to fold you Isabella, sleep now, you're held tight

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window all the stars are floating quiet Wrapped in blankets warm as any harbour light can be Nothing needs your eyes to open, nothing needs you waking Rest here where the water rocks you gently out to sea

Bridge

Let the dark be soft around you, let it hum you low You are carried, you are steady, wherever dreams may go

Chorus

Isabella, hush now, let the water hold you Nobody is safer than you are tonight Every ripple hums a tune to fold you Isabella, sleep now, you're held tight

Outro

The water keeps on lapping soft against the sleeping hull And you drift on, so loved, so warm, so full

Verse 1

Little specks of dust are drifting through the gold upon the wall Slowly they go turning, so quiet as they fall You are watching too, your eyelids growing heavy and slow This is the hour when the whole wide world grows small

Pre-chorus

The light is turning softer as it settles on your bed Everything is hushing, every worry has been said Close your eyes now, love, and let the evening in

Chorus

Isabella, sleep is calling soft and low Nothing in this room can hurt you, only glow Rest here, Isabella, in the golden air You are safe as candlelight however dark may go

Verse 2

The wall keeps a little warmth long after the sun has gone Just like love that lingers on when day has moved along You will carry it inside you through the hours of the night Wrapped up warm and certain, nothing here can go wrong

Chorus

Isabella, sleep is calling soft and low Nothing in this room can hurt you, only glow Rest here, Isabella, in the golden air You are safe as candlelight however dark may go

Bridge

Hush now, let the dust drift down and settle where it may Every little speck of light was only passing through today You are held much closer than the fading of the day

Chorus

Isabella, sleep is calling soft and low Nothing in this room can hurt you, only glow Rest here, Isabella, in the golden air You are safe as candlelight however dark may go

Outro

The gold has left the wall now but it left its warmth behind Sleep on, Isabella, with that quiet light in mind

Verse 1

There's a small warm light that hums above your head tonight holding back the dark so gently, keeping everything alright blue like water, soft like something breathing slow and low and under it you're curled up safe, with nowhere left to go

Pre-chorus

The glow won't move, it just stays close and waits with you it doesn't ask for anything, it just keeps watching too and I am here the same way, steady as that light is

Chorus

Isabella, let the glow hold every worry still the night is soft around you now, and nothing means you ill Isabella, close your eyes, the dark can't reach you here the light will stay till morning comes, so nothing feels like fear

Verse 2

The fabric hums a colour that no daytime ever finds a blue that only happens when the whole wide world unwinds and you are folded into it like something precious kept a small and steady heartbeat in a house that's gone to rest

Chorus

Isabella, let the glow hold every worry still the night is soft around you now, and nothing means you ill Isabella, close your eyes, the dark can't reach you here the light will stay till morning comes, so nothing feels like fear

Bridge

Even when the small light fades to nothing but a hush you are held by something bigger, steadier than any rush

Chorus

Isabella, let the glow hold every worry still the night is soft around you now, and nothing means you ill Isabella, close your eyes, the dark can't reach you here the light will stay till morning comes, so nothing feels like fear

Outro

Sleep now, the blue light still hums soft above your head and I am watching over you long after that light's fled

Verse 1

Frost on the window, the year turning cold You slip between rooms like you're mending the gold A fork in the wrong place, a light burning low Isabella, you notice the things we don't know

Pre-chorus

Every small kindness you fold in the air Every small moment you offer with care Brings us together, we gather around

Chorus

Isabella, your hands warm the winter The table you set holds us dear You're stitching the season to all of us here Isabella, we're grateful you're near

Verse 2

Carols drift out from the room down the hall You straighten the napkins and candles and all No one may watch but you know what is true The smallest adjustments are everything, you

Pre-chorus

Every small kindness you fold in the air Every small moment you offer with care Brings us together, we gather around

Chorus

Isabella, your hands warm the winter The table you set holds us dear You're stitching the season to all of us here Isabella, we're grateful you're near

Bridge

In the quiet, in the frost and the flame You are the heart of this season's refrain

Chorus

Isabella, your hands warm the winter The table you set holds us dear You're stitching the season to all of us here Isabella, we're grateful you're near

Outro

Frost on the window, the fire burns bright Isabella, you are our Christmas tonight

Verse 1

Someone wrote your name down first On a note the colour of sun We kept checking the board Till the moment finally came

Pre-chorus

All of us gathered round Frost on the windows now Everything waiting here

Chorus

Isabella, the table is set Isabella, we saved you a seat The fire is dancing bright And the year turns into light

Verse 2

Your arrival was always the thing That would make the whole season feel right Carols sound better when you are near Hand over hand round the fire

Bridge

Names on a note fade fast But you stay in our hearts

Chorus

Isabella, the table is set Isabella, we saved you a seat The fire is dancing bright And the year turns into light

Outro

You are written upon every heart Here, in yellow, in light

Verse 1

Bags tip over, oranges roll You bring the year back round Frost on the windows, embers glow Everything settles down

Pre-chorus

We've kept a seat beside the fire Kept your place at every song Tell me you're coming

Chorus

Isabella, we light the candles when you're near Isabella, the whole house sings out loud and clear You're what December's waiting for Every carol means so much more

Verse 2

Voices rise up through the dark You walk in from the snow One more face around the heart Everything's how it should go

Bridge

Distance makes the longing sharp But you're here inside our hearts

Chorus

Isabella, we light the candles when you're near Isabella, the whole house sings out loud and clear You're what December's waiting for Every carol means so much more

Outro

Bags tip over at your feet Home is finally complete