Songs for Jacob

Verse 1

You laced your boots before the sun woke up Grey sky, but you brought your own light Nobody cared about the mud today We came here just to watch you shine

Pre-chorus

Orange slices waiting on the side Whole team's grinning, calling out your name Something good is coming, get ready

Chorus

Jacob, this whole pitch is yours today Jacob, we're stamping through the rain Nobody else could pull this crowd out here Not one soul would miss your day

Verse 2

You slide right through the puddles laughing Goalposts leaning crooked in the grey We don't care if the sky won't clear up You're the reason we came out to play

Chorus

Jacob, this whole pitch is yours today Jacob, we're stamping through the rain Nobody else could pull this crowd out here Not one soul would miss your day

Bridge

Another year, still running full speed Still the one that makes us cheer Muddy boots and orange smiles Nowhere else we'd rather be

Chorus

Jacob, this whole pitch is yours today Jacob, we're stamping through the rain Nobody else could pull this crowd out here Not one soul would miss your day

Outro

Sun might never break through that grey But you're the light we came to see

Verse 1

Someone folds the chairs out back Piano keys have all gone yellow But the room lights up so mellow The minute you walk through that crack

Chorus

Jacob, Jacob, come on in Feel the love beneath your skin We been waiting since the break of day Jacob, this your time to win

Verse 2

Every song you hum gets taken Right into the hearts around you Nothing here could ever hound you You're the reason we're all waking

Pre-chorus

Hands are clapping, feet are moving Something in this room is proving That the love for you keeps growing

Chorus

Jacob, Jacob, come on in Feel the love beneath your skin We been waiting since the break of day Jacob, this your time to win

Bridge

Every year that you get older We just love you so much bolder No candle burns as steady as your name

Chorus

Jacob, Jacob, come on in Feel the love beneath your skin We been waiting since the break of day Jacob, this your time to win

Outro

Those chairs are stacked but we're not leaving Not while your song keeps us believing

Verse 1

Dashboard glowing, night pulled tight headlights catching drifts of white you were laughing, radio loud proudest heart in any crowd

Pre-chorus

Every mile we ever ran started with your steady hand so light the candles, here's your plan

Chorus

Jacob, Jacob, born tonight under snowfall, under light raise a glass and shout it clear best thing that has happened here

Verse 2

You could talk the dark to dawn turn a wrong road into song every winter finds you grinning start the count, the year is spinning

Bridge

Here's to you and all you've shaken every road that you have taken one more year for the record book one more reason for a look

Chorus

Jacob, Jacob, born tonight under snowfall, under light raise a glass and shout it clear best thing that has happened here

Outro

Snow still falling, dashboard bright here's to Jacob, here's the night

Verse 1

Candles burning low and slow Glasses catching all the glow Your hand brushes mine by chance Small moment, not romance

Pre-chorus

Nobody else would ever know What that little touch could show Something building, soft and true

Chorus

Jacob, it's the way you stay Never taken, never grey You and me past all this noise Jacob, you're my quiet choice

Verse 2

Years could pass or just one night Still you'd reach for what feels right Not the wine or what we ate Just the hand across the plate

Pre-chorus

Nobody else would ever know What that little touch could show Something building, soft and true

Chorus

Jacob, it's the way you stay Never taken, never grey You and me past all this noise Jacob, you're my quiet choice

Bridge

Let the loud loves have their say We don't need it, not that way One small reach across the space Says more than any face

Chorus

Jacob, it's the way you stay Never taken, never grey You and me past all this noise Jacob, you're my quiet choice

Outro

Long after the candles fade I'll still reach for what you made

Verse 1

You lean into the mirror half awake Foam sliding slow down white porcelain I watch you like you're something rare Water running on, and I'm just taken

Pre-chorus

Nothing here was built to be watched No one's looking, but I still am I could stand here till the water's cold

Chorus

Jacob, you don't know I'm watching Half the reasons that I love you show In the parts you'd never think to guard In the quiet way you rinse and go

Verse 2

You wipe your mouth and catch my eye Ask me what I'm smiling for I say nothing, just come back to bed You laugh like you don't need the answer

Pre-chorus

Nothing here was built to be watched No one's looking, but I still am I could stand here till the water's cold

Chorus

Jacob, you don't know I'm watching Half the reasons that I love you show In the parts you'd never think to guard In the quiet way you rinse and go

Bridge

It's never the big days that hold me It's this, the tap still running warm Some ordinary Tuesday I can't name That somehow does the same thing to me

Chorus

Jacob, you don't know I'm watching Half the reasons that I love you show In the parts you'd never think to guard In the quiet way you rinse and go

Outro

Turn the water off, come find me Bring the foam, the sleep, all of it

Verse 1

A crust of bread beside an apple just resting there on old grey wool nothing fancy, nothing golden that's how I keep you, Jacob, close and full

Pre-chorus

I never needed the grand or golden I just needed something steady and steady is the way you build a home

Chorus

Jacob, you're the calm inside my waking you're the hand that keeps me from being shaken you don't ask for more than what is true and that quiet love is never taken

Verse 2

Some folk want the bright and burning I just want you sitting near plain as bread beside an apple that's the kind of love I hold most dear

Bridge

No performance, no display just you, staying, day by day

Chorus

Jacob, you're the calm inside my waking you're the hand that keeps me from being shaken you don't ask for more than what is true and that quiet love is never taken

Outro

Still that bread, still that apple still you, Jacob, still enough

Verse 1

Somewhere in the corner a little hum is humming low Just a gentle whisper meant only to be kind You are wrapped in something softer than the quiet it lets go There is nowhere calmer for your little mind

Chorus

Jacob, hush now, let the hum carry you away Nothing wakes you, nothing calls you back tonight Every hush that holds you says it's fine to stay Jacob, close your eyes and drift into the light

Verse 2

Warm beneath the blanket while the house breathes soft and slow Every worry loosens like a knot let go You don't need to listen, you don't need to know All you need is stillness, and the hush will help you grow

Pre-chorus

Feel the hum grow softer as the evening settles in Let it hold the corners of the room you're dreaming in Nothing needs an answer, nothing needs to begin

Chorus

Jacob, hush now, let the hum carry you away Nothing wakes you, nothing calls you back tonight Every hush that holds you says it's fine to stay Jacob, close your eyes and drift into the light

Bridge

Rest inside the quiet that was always meant for you Sleep is just a softer kind of true

Chorus

Jacob, hush now, let the hum carry you away Nothing wakes you, nothing calls you back tonight Every hush that holds you says it's fine to stay Jacob, close your eyes and drift into the light

Outro

Somewhere in the corner that small hum will hum till morning You are held inside it, safe and warm and gone to sleep

Verse 1

Watch how the lamplight slides so slowly over the wool Drifting across your blanket, soft and gold and full Nothing can reach you here, nothing at all Little one, you are held, you are safe, you are full

Pre-chorus

Somewhere a window glows and dims as the night walks past Your breathing settles low and easy, deep and vast Hush now, the dark is only resting at last

Chorus

Jacob, the light is moving gently, easing you to rest Nothing but calm tonight, nothing but the best Sleep comes soft as breath drawn slowly from the west Jacob, you are the warmest thing that this house has ever blessed

Verse 2

Somewhere outside a lamp is burning low and kind Casting its glow like a hand laid soft behind Curl a little deeper into all this quiet You are the calm this whole house was designed to find

Bridge

Let the shadows rock you the way the branches sway Every worry folds and drifts a little further away

Chorus

Jacob, the light is moving gently, easing you to rest Nothing but calm tonight, nothing but the best Sleep comes soft as breath drawn slowly from the west Jacob, you are the warmest thing that this house has ever blessed

Outro

The lamp keeps sliding slowly, soft along the wool Sleep now, little one, you are safe, you are full

Verse 1

Leaves are tapping soft against the hood above your head far off streetlamps flicker gently through the dark you are warm and you are held while all the world's in bed nothing here can touch you, nothing leaves its mark

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the tapping be the only sound you hear let the night come slow around you like a blanket pulled in near hush now, drift now, morning's waiting somewhere close and clear

Chorus

Jacob, sleep is calling soft and low tonight you are loved beyond the reach of waking every star has found its place to hold its light you are safe, and nothing here is shaken

Verse 2

The wind is small tonight, it barely moves the leaves at all you are curled up warm where nothing needs to stir every corner of this room is answering your call you are wanted here, of that I am so sure

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the tapping be the only sound you hear let the night come slow around you like a blanket pulled in near hush now, drift now, morning's waiting somewhere close and clear

Chorus

Jacob, sleep is calling soft and low tonight you are loved beyond the reach of waking every star has found its place to hold its light you are safe, and nothing here is shaken

Bridge

Rest here where the quiet keeps you, where the dark is only kind leave the day behind you gently, let it slowly fade from mind

Chorus

Jacob, sleep is calling soft and low tonight you are loved beyond the reach of waking every star has found its place to hold its light you are safe, and nothing here is shaken

Outro

The leaves have stilled against the hood, the lamps have dimmed their glow sleep now, Jacob, held and certain, safe in all I know

Verse 1

Dust is rising through the cold attic air You bring joy to every corner we prepare Tissue paper drifts like snow from the past Your laughter makes this season hold and last

Pre-chorus

The frost is on the windows now We're gathering around somehow

Chorus

Jacob, lights are coming out tonight Jacob dancing in the candlelight Frost and fire, decorations strung up high Your warmth is all we need, you and I

Verse 2

Cards and garland tumble from the worn brown box You're the reason that we've kept these precious stocks Every bauble holds a memory we hold dear But they shine so much brighter when you're here

Pre-chorus

The year is turning cold outside Come and sit here by my side

Chorus

Jacob, lights are coming out tonight Jacob dancing in the candlelight Frost and fire, decorations strung up high Your warmth is all we need, you and I

Bridge

The carol starts, the table's laid You're the gift that never fades

Chorus

Jacob, lights are coming out tonight Jacob dancing in the candlelight Frost and fire, decorations strung up high Your warmth is all we need, you and I

Outro

Dust is settling, the boxes put away You have made this season ours to stay

Verse 1

The high street fades to grey and dark Shop windows holding back the night Jacob, you are somewhere in my thoughts Like frost that catches on the light

Pre-chorus

Every carol that we used to sing Every wreath and every flame Brings you closer as the new year comes

Chorus

Jacob, come and sit here by the fire Jacob, while the puddles catch the glow Winter holds us close and doesn't let go That's the way the season speaks of you

Verse 2

The table's set with all our favourite things Candlelight keeps company with cold You're the warmth that makes the season real You're the story that the year has told

Pre-chorus

Every carol that we used to sing Every wreath and every flame Brings you closer as the new year comes

Chorus

Jacob, come and sit here by the fire Jacob, while the puddles catch the glow Winter holds us close and doesn't let go That's the way the season speaks of you

Bridge

Whether near or travelling far away You're in every light we see

Chorus

Jacob, come and sit here by the fire Jacob, while the puddles catch the glow Winter holds us close and doesn't let go That's the way the season speaks of you

Outro

One string of lights reflected down below That's the way the season speaks of you

Verse 1

Frost creeps across the windscreen in the dark Your hand reaches out and clears a space We gather close around the glowing spark And suddenly the cold begins to thaw

Chorus

Jacob is here, and the winter feels less long Frost melts where you stand beside us all Jacob, you are what we've been waiting for This is home when you walk through the door

Verse 2

The table set with candles burning bright Your voice joins in with carols we all know We open up the house to let you in tonight And every room grows warmer than before

Pre-chorus

The year turns as you turn to us Everything we need is standing here Season spins around your smile

Chorus

Jacob is here, and the winter feels less long Frost melts where you stand beside us all Jacob, you are what we've been waiting for This is home when you walk through the door

Bridge

Hand wiped against the glass to see you clear Distance means nothing when your laughter rings out loud

Chorus

Jacob is here, and the winter feels less long Frost melts where you stand beside us all Jacob, you are what we've been waiting for This is home when you walk through the door

Outro

The frost will melt as long as you are near And that is all the warmth we need this year