Love Songs for Jude

• Side by Side

  Bossa nova · Bossa · Nylon guitar · Breezy

  A quiet bossa nova love song for Jude, built from two shoes left waiting under a bench, about how steady, unhurried love feels.

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  Verse 1

  Two shoes left beneath a bench Nobody rushing, nowhere to be I could sit like this for hours Just so long as it's you next to me

  Chorus

  Jude, you settle me right down No need to chase, no need to prove Slow is fine when you're around Jude, this is all I want to move toward

  Verse 2

  Some folks want the noise and the rush You'd rather sit and watch the day I used to think that quiet meant nothing Now I know it's where love likes to stay

  Pre-chorus

  I've had love that shouted, love that ran Never found one that could stand this still So tell me if you're feeling

  Chorus

  Jude, you settle me right down No need to chase, no need to prove Slow is fine when you're around Jude, this is all I want to move toward

  Bridge

  Maybe this is what it means, to stay Two shoes that don't wander far apart

  Chorus

  Jude, you settle me right down No need to chase, no need to prove Slow is fine when you're around Jude, this is all I want to move toward

  Outro

  Leave the shoes beneath the bench I'm not going anywhere without you

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• Slow Water

  Folk duet · Folk · Harmony · Two voices

  A quiet folk duet for Jude, built around an old railing and the water below it: a plain, steady love song for any kind of closeness.

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  Verse 1

  We lean on the railing, paint gone thin White flakes fall where our elbows have been Dark water pulls slow beneath us I'd stand here for hours with you, Jude

  Pre-chorus

  You don't need to fill the quiet I've stopped waiting for the right thing to say This is already enough, almost

  Chorus

  Jude, you make the slow hours kind I found something steady, and I don't mind Nobody else holds still like you Jude, you're the calm I never planned to find

  Verse 2

  The paint keeps flaking into the water Gone before it even hits the surface I used to think that meant losing something Now I just watch it go, next to you

  Bridge

  Water doesn't rush, it just keeps moving Taking its time, the way you do I've learned to let things drift like that Slow isn't nothing, not with you

  Chorus

  Jude, you make the slow hours kind I found something steady, and I don't mind Nobody else holds still like you Jude, you're the calm I never planned to find

  Outro

  The railing's worn but it still holds I'm glad it's you I'm standing next to

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• Wet Grey Pebbles

  Indie folk · Airy · Fingerpicked

  A quiet, plainspoken love song for anyone named Jude, built on the image of a fogged shoreline that never quite runs out.

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  Verse 1

  Wet grey pebbles under my feet Stretching out until they're gone I walk further than I should Because you're the reason I keep going on

  Chorus

  Jude, you're the one thing I trust Even when the fog rolls through Nothing here is ever rushed When I'm standing next to you, Jude

  Verse 2

  I don't need to see the end To know the shore is really there You're the calm I can't pretend And the quiet that we share

  Pre-chorus

  Some days the whole world turns to grey There's no line where sea meets sky But you're the one who makes me stay

  Chorus

  Jude, you're the one thing I trust Even when the fog rolls through Nothing here is ever rushed When I'm standing next to you, Jude

  Bridge

  No need to hurry, no need to prove We can stand here as long as it takes I've never once had cause to move Since you're the ground and not the shakes

  Chorus

  Jude, you're the one thing I trust Even when the fog rolls through Nothing here is ever rushed When I'm standing next to you, Jude

  Outro

  The pebbles still go on and on But I don't need to see that far

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