Songs for Julia

Verse 1

Snow crunched hard beneath my boots Frost had climbed the tractor's roots I stopped there in the field alone Wishing you were coming home

Chorus

Julia, you're the warmth I keep Through every mile and every sleep Julia, steady as the ground You're the best thing I have found

Verse 2

Cold got into everything Even birds forgot to sing But I thought of your voice, low and clear And it thawed me standing here

Pre-chorus

I don't say it near enough How you make the hard days soft So let me say it plain right now

Chorus

Julia, you're the warmth I keep Through every mile and every sleep Julia, steady as the ground You're the best thing I have found

Bridge

No grand words, no clever lines Just you and me and passing time That's all this love has ever been

Chorus

Julia, you're the warmth I keep Through every mile and every sleep Julia, steady as the ground You're the best thing I have found

Outro

The snow will melt off that old tyre But you're the one I still admire

Verse 1

The apple logs are catching slow Blue sparks lift and start to climb I watch them go where you don't go Steady, while I lose all track of time

Chorus

Julia, the fire keeps our hour You make the quiet feel like more Something in you, calm as water Julia, I have never been so sure

Verse 2

Orange sky behind your shoulder Smoke goes up and doesn't ask why I get simpler when I hold you Nothing fancy, just you and I

Pre-chorus

I used to want the loud, bright thing Now I just want this small light This one flame, this one ring

Chorus

Julia, the fire keeps our hour You make the quiet feel like more Something in you, calm as water Julia, I have never been so sure

Bridge

Let the logs burn down to nothing We don't need the fire to stay It's you I'm holding, not the burning You're the warmth that doesn't fade away

Chorus

Julia, the fire keeps our hour You make the quiet feel like more Something in you, calm as water Julia, I have never been so sure

Outro

The sparks are gone, the sky's gone grey You're still here, and that's enough to say

Verse 1

Rain finds the glass above the vines Slow drops chasing crooked lines Tomato leaves lean toward the warmth I keep finding you in small designs

Chorus

Julia, you settle like that water does Taking your time, taking all of us I never once had to chase you Julia, I'd wait however long it was

Verse 2

Some nights the glass just fogs up whole I still know you're there, I know your shape You don't need to shine to hold me Quiet is a thing I never want to escape

Pre-chorus

I've watched a lot of ordinary things Waited on slower, smaller wonders But nothing sits with me like you

Chorus

Julia, you settle like that water does Taking your time, taking all of us I never once had to chase you Julia, I'd wait however long it was

Bridge

Some loves crash, loud and sure Ours just gathers, steady, real Nothing sudden, nothing rushed Just you, becoming everything I feel

Chorus

Julia, you settle like that water does Taking your time, taking all of us I never once had to chase you Julia, I'd wait however long it was

Outro

Let the rain keep sliding slow You're the warmth I'm growing toward

Verse 1

Outside the window the old elm is swaying so slowly tonight Its branches draw shadows that move on the wall soft and slow You watch them go by with your eyes growing heavy with light Curled up in the warmth of a room that has nowhere to go

Pre-chorus

Nothing out there means you any harm while you sleep Every shadow that moves is just night saying goodnight Close your eyes now and let the whole house grow deep

Chorus

Julia, the branches are swaying you into your dreams Somewhere so soft that the dark cannot ever feel cold You are the warmest thing under these yellow lamplit beams Julia, you're held here more gently than words could be told

Verse 2

Somewhere a wind moves the elm tree and nothing else stirs Only your breath and the hush that comes after a song Nobody needs you to open your eyes or your ears Rest is the safest and quietest place you belong

Bridge

Let every branch on the wall rock you down, rock you slow Sleep is a shore and you're drifting so easy to reach

Chorus

Julia, the branches are swaying you into your dreams Somewhere so soft that the dark cannot ever feel cold You are the warmest thing under these yellow lamplit beams Julia, you're held here more gently than words could be told

Outro

The elm keeps on swaying its shadows across the warm wall And you are asleep now, the safest, the smallest of all

Verse 1

The steam is rising slow above the water by the brass tap Curling up so softly like it's tired and wants to nap Warm and hushed, the whole wide room is holding still for you Everything tonight has settled into one long, gentle wrap

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes and let the warmth of this quiet minute stay Nothing in the dark tonight will ever lead you far away Let the last light of the day just softly drift and sway

Chorus

Julia, my love, the night is holding you so near Every little breath you take is safe and clear You are the calmest song this house has ever known Julia, there is nothing in this dark to fear

Verse 2

The water settles quiet now, the ripples learning to be still Somewhere past the window sleepy stars begin to spill You are wrapped in something warmer than a blanket ever could be Safe inside the hush that only bedtime seems to fill

Chorus

Julia, my love, the night is holding you so near Every little breath you take is safe and clear You are the calmest song this house has ever known Julia, there is nothing in this dark to fear

Bridge

Sleep is just a small boat drifting easy on the tide Nothing needs to hurry, nothing needs to hide You can let the whole wide world go quiet at your side

Chorus

Julia, my love, the night is holding you so near Every little breath you take is safe and clear You are the calmest song this house has ever known Julia, there is nothing in this dark to fear

Outro

The steam has settled now to nothing but a gentle hush Sleep has found you softly, and the whole house feels the hush

Verse 1

Look how the streetlamps turn the snowflakes into gold as they fall Soft through the window, safe on the other side of the glass Nothing tonight can reach you now, nothing at all The whole cold world can wait outside while these quiet moments pass

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the hush of evening pull you deep There is nowhere warmer than this small and steady place Nowhere you're held so gently as you drift toward sleep

Chorus

Julia, the snow falls soft and slow tonight You are the warmest thing in all this light Julia, cerulean shadows on the wall Sleep now, you are loved by all

Verse 2

Every flake outside is drifting down without a single sound While you are wrapped up warm where nothing cold can ever creep The glass keeps the whole wide winter safely bound So rest here easy, Julia, and let the night be deep

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the hush of evening pull you deep There is nowhere warmer than this small and steady place Nowhere you're held so gently as you drift toward sleep

Chorus

Julia, the snow falls soft and slow tonight You are the warmest thing in all this light Julia, cerulean shadows on the wall Sleep now, you are loved by all

Bridge

Somewhere far off a streetlamp hums its low and orange song And here you rest, so certain that you belong

Chorus

Julia, the snow falls soft and slow tonight You are the warmest thing in all this light Julia, cerulean shadows on the wall Sleep now, you are loved by all

Outro

The lamps will keep on glowing gold behind the frosted glass And you'll sleep safe and warm until this quiet night has passed