Songs for Kate

Verse 1

Two cups sitting on the table Rings on the bills, again I don't mind the mess we're making I just like you sitting there

Pre-chorus

We never got the easy road Just coffee going cold But I would choose this every time

Chorus

Kate, you keep me steady When the numbers don't add right I'm not asking for a better life Just you, this cup, tonight

Verse 2

You laugh about the overdraft I love the way you try We split the mail and split the silence And somehow that gets us by

Bridge

No candles and no fancy talk Just a kitchen and a chair I found the calm I didn't know I needed In the way you sit right there

Chorus

Kate, you keep me steady When the numbers don't add right I'm not asking for a better life Just you, this cup, tonight

Outro

Two cups still sit on the table And I'm glad that one is yours

Verse 1

Your fingers found mine at the plate We both went for the same cracker, Kate You laughed and let me have the win Small as that, and I was in

Chorus

Kate, you make the ordinary shine Kate, I want this table every time No grand gesture, no big debate Just you, the salt, and I can wait

Verse 2

Years could pass or just a week It's the same hand that I seek You reach again without a thought That's the kind of love I sought

Pre-chorus

I don't need the whole big story Just this quiet, ordinary glory And the way you say my name

Chorus

Kate, you make the ordinary shine Kate, I want this table every time No grand gesture, no big debate Just you, the salt, and I can wait

Bridge

Some folks chase a bigger fate I just want to share a plate Every day that starts this way Feels like the best one, Kate

Chorus

Kate, you make the ordinary shine Kate, I want this table every time No grand gesture, no big debate Just you, the salt, and I can wait

Outro

Pass the plate, I'll take the same Long as you're across from me, Kate

Verse 1

I watch my breath fog up the glass below us streetlights start to glow you ask me what I'm thinking of and I say nothing you don't know

Pre-chorus

Some things don't need to be confessed some love just settles in to stay so let the quiet do the rest

Chorus

Kate, you're the warmth I lean against the window fogs but you stay clear nothing about this love is fenced I'd pick this same road, Kate, each year

Verse 2

The glass goes cold beneath my hand you laugh at something down the street I don't need grand, I don't need planned just you and me and tired feet

Bridge

No fireworks, no great parade just steady light that never fades this isn't loud, it's built to last this is the love that holds me fast

Chorus

Kate, you're the warmth I lean against the window fogs but you stay clear nothing about this love is fenced I'd pick this same road, Kate, each year

Outro

The glass has cleared, the streetlights hold and I'm still warm with you, Kate, told

Verse 1

The little speaker hums a green and sleepy light beside your bed It hushes into static soft as breathing near your head Nothing in this room could ever bring you harm tonight And I will stay right here until the morning comes instead

Chorus

Kate, the whole wide night is holding still for you Every hush and shadow softens when you're safe and warm right through Close your eyes, my darling, let the quiet be your gate There's nowhere in this world I'd rather wait than here with Kate

Verse 2

The green glow hums so gently on the shelf beside your pillow It hushes out the world outside like sound beneath the willow You are wrapped in something warmer than the blankets ever could And I will watch you dreaming till the morning turns to yellow

Pre-chorus

Feel how slow the hours move when you are curled up small Nothing needs to hurry now, no reason left to stall So let the soft green murmur carry you where you belong

Chorus

Kate, the whole wide night is holding still for you Every hush and shadow softens when you're safe and warm right through Close your eyes, my darling, let the quiet be your gate There's nowhere in this world I'd rather wait than here with Kate

Bridge

Sleep is just a small and gentle door that opens slow Through it every worry loses all the weight it used to hold

Chorus

Kate, the whole wide night is holding still for you Every hush and shadow softens when you're safe and warm right through Close your eyes, my darling, let the quiet be your gate There's nowhere in this world I'd rather wait than here with Kate

Outro

The green light hums you softly into somewhere warm and far Sleep now, little Kate, beneath your steady quiet star

Verse 1

The little tent glows gold where the light comes leaking through Soft and warm as anything the dark has ever made Nothing in this whole wide world could ever reach for you Not while you are curled up safe inside this warm arcade

Pre-chorus

So let the evening settle slow around your sleepy head Let every worry drift away and melt into the floor There's nothing left to carry now, just this small quiet bed

Chorus

Kate, the light is holding you, so soft and low and late Nothing here can hurt you now, not one single thing You are precious, you are held, you are worth the wait Kate, my Kate, sleep on and on, you're safe as anything

Verse 2

The red walls hum a colour that no daylight ever knew Quiet as a heartbeat that keeps time here just for you Every breath you're breathing now is slow and safe and true Nothing needs to happen except sleep, the whole night through

Pre-chorus

So let the evening settle slow around your sleepy head Let every worry drift away and melt into the floor There's nothing left to carry now, just this small quiet bed

Chorus

Kate, the light is holding you, so soft and low and late Nothing here can hurt you now, not one single thing You are precious, you are held, you are worth the wait Kate, my Kate, sleep on and on, you're safe as anything

Bridge

Somewhere past this glowing wall the whole night waits so still Nothing out there matters more than you asleep and warm

Chorus

Kate, the light is holding you, so soft and low and late Nothing here can hurt you now, not one single thing You are precious, you are held, you are worth the wait Kate, my Kate, sleep on and on, you're safe as anything

Outro

The gold light dims to amber as your breathing settles deep Sleep now, Kate, the whole night long belongs to you and sleep

Verse 1

The water is pulling the pebbles back slow across the shore and every small sound is a door closing soft, nothing more the dark isn't empty, it's holding the night for you and I am right here while the whole world settles too

Pre-chorus

Let your breathing follow the tide as it turns and falls let the hush come over you gentle, the way night calls so close your eyes now, love, and drift where the quiet waits

Chorus

Kate, you are the calm at the end of my day the tide always brings all its pebbles your way rest now, little Kate, there's no need to wait you are held, you are safe, you are simply great

Verse 2

Somewhere far off the water is humming a low steady song and it moves without hurry, it has never been in a rush along I will stay till your breathing goes even and light folded soft into the arms of the night

Chorus

Kate, you are the calm at the end of my day the tide always brings all its pebbles your way rest now, little Kate, there's no need to wait you are held, you are safe, you are simply great

Bridge

Every stone gets carried gently, none are left behind so drift now and know that you are always on my mind

Chorus

Kate, you are the calm at the end of my day the tide always brings all its pebbles your way rest now, little Kate, there's no need to wait you are held, you are safe, you are simply great

Outro

The water still moves, pulling soft at the shore and you are the one I was waiting for