Songs for Katherine

Verse 1

Steam curls up between the books Nobody's rushing, nobody looks You underline a page and smile Small moments, but they're all it took

Pre-chorus

Your tea's gone cold and you don't mind The hours fold in, quiet and kind I'm learning you like second sight

Chorus

Katherine, you make the evening slow Some things you just don't outgrow You're steady where the light is thin Katherine, it's you I'd gather in

Verse 2

You push a mug across to me No need for words, that's how we speak The desk between us, cluttered, warm This is the calm I chose to keep

Pre-chorus

Your tea's gone cold and you don't mind The hours fold in, quiet and kind I'm learning you like second sight

Chorus

Katherine, you make the evening slow Some things you just don't outgrow You're steady where the light is thin Katherine, it's you I'd gather in

Bridge

No grand plans, just lamplight and this room You, unhurried, in the quiet bloom Nothing here needs fixing, nothing's owed

Chorus

Katherine, you make the evening slow Some things you just don't outgrow You're steady where the light is thin Katherine, it's you I'd gather in

Outro

Two mugs empty on the wood You're still here, and that's the good

Verse 1

Grass bends low across the hill Wind won't leave the field still I zip our jackets side by side And feel you settle close inside

Pre-chorus

Nothing here but sky and ground No one's watching, no one's around Just the two of us, and what I've found

Chorus

Katherine, you're the one I gather in I'm calmer than I've ever been However the wind decides to blow You're the warmth I choose to know

Verse 2

You laugh and the grass keeps bending There's no need for pretending I've loved you steady, I've loved you plain Through the sun and through the rain

Chorus

Katherine, you're the one I gather in I'm calmer than I've ever been However the wind decides to blow You're the warmth I choose to know

Bridge

Some loves burn and some loves stay I want the kind that doesn't sway Let the whole hillside turn to grey You're the one I won't give away

Chorus

Katherine, you're the one I gather in I'm calmer than I've ever been However the wind decides to blow You're the warmth I choose to know

Outro

The jackets lie there, zipped as one Just like us, when the day is done

Verse 1

Rain let go an hour ago Wet leaves stuck to the garden stone You hung the socks along the wall And somehow I don't feel alone

Chorus

Katherine, you make the slow hours kind Nothing with you feels like a chore I'd gather in every part of you And still keep wanting more

Verse 2

You laugh at how the pair won't match One thick, one thin, drying in the sun I watch you fix them anyway Like it matters they're not done

Pre-chorus

You don't need the grand or loud Just this porch, this damp, this pause And I'm already leaning in

Chorus

Katherine, you make the slow hours kind Nothing with you feels like a chore I'd gather in every part of you And still keep wanting more

Bridge

No one taught me love could be this plain A wall, some wool, your quiet hands I didn't know that I could feel So sure of where I stand

Chorus

Katherine, you make the slow hours kind Nothing with you feels like a chore I'd gather in every part of you And still keep wanting more

Outro

The socks will dry, we'll bring them in And I'll still want you close as this

Verse 1

White lace is lifting soft against the window in the dark and yellow light is pooling out along the quiet floor you're curled up warm and steady underneath your blanket nothing in this room tonight will leave a single mark

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the curtain breathe its slow and easy sigh close your eyes and let the lamp light gather in the room the night is only turning toward you gentle

Chorus

Katherine, the dark is only lather thin and kind sleep is a pattern only you were made to find rest here where the streetlight makes its low and steady glow Katherine, I'll be near you, always, close behind

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window a breeze is turning over slowly carrying the hush of streets already gone to sleep you don't have to listen, you don't have to wonder every little sound out there is drifting, soft and deep

Bridge

Let your breathing slow to match the swaying of the lace nothing in this whole wide night could ever touch this place

Chorus

Katherine, the dark is only lather thin and kind sleep is a pattern only you were made to find rest here where the streetlight makes its low and steady glow Katherine, I'll be near you, always, close behind

Outro

Sleep now while the lace still drifts against the window pane I'll be here till morning finds that yellow light again

Verse 1

Branches move so slowly on the plaster up above you Midnight holds its breath tonight because it loves you Nothing in this quiet house would ever mean you harm Sleep is only warmth and you are folded in my arm

Pre-chorus

Every little shadow tells the dark to soften now Hush is just the house remembering how Close your eyes, my darling, let the whole wide night come near

Chorus

Katherine, the branches sway to gather in your dreams Nothing sharp can reach you, nothing here's what it seems Katherine, you're softer than the lamplight on the floor Sleep and I will love you just the same as before

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window there's a wind that hums so low It only wants to tell you it will rock you slow You don't need to answer, you don't need to understand Just breathe here beside me with your small hand in my hand

Chorus

Katherine, the branches sway to gather in your dreams Nothing sharp can reach you, nothing here's what it seems Katherine, you're softer than the lamplight on the floor Sleep and I will love you just the same as before

Bridge

Whatever moves outside will only ever pass you by Nothing tonight will ask you why You are held, you are held, however far you drift

Chorus

Katherine, the branches sway to gather in your dreams Nothing sharp can reach you, nothing here's what it seems Katherine, you're softer than the lamplight on the floor Sleep and I will love you just the same as before

Outro

Let the branches keep on drifting, soft and slow, across the white Rest now, little one, you are the warmest part of night

Verse 1

A thread of moonlight lies along the darkened floor stretching soft and slow to find your little door Dust is turning gold in that quiet, narrow beam drifting down so easy, like the start of a dream

Chorus

Katherine, the light has come to gather in soft around your shoulders like a warm and even breath Katherine, no need to fight or scatter thin you are held and you are close, safe from any hurt beneath

Verse 2

The house breathes slow around you, settling in for night every corner folding into shadow, soft and right Nothing here can reach you, nothing here will roam this whole small world is quiet, and you are always home

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let your eyes grow heavy, let the day go still every worry small and smaller, melting like it will and the dark is only kindness, waiting on the sill

Chorus

Katherine, the light has come to gather in soft around your shoulders like a warm and even breath Katherine, no need to fight or scatter thin you are held and you are close, safe from any hurt beneath

Bridge

Sleep is just the tide that carries you along and I am here beside you, humming low this song

Chorus

Katherine, the light has come to gather in soft around your shoulders like a warm and even breath Katherine, no need to fight or scatter thin you are held and you are close, safe from any hurt beneath

Outro

The beam will fade to nothing, but you'll still be found wrapped in every softness this small house has ever found