Songs for Kian

Verse 1

Wind is grabbing every flag in sight Snapping colour into the light But none of that means much at all Until you're the one we came to call

Pre-chorus

Feel that beat kick up in the ground Feel the whole crowd turning around Ready to lift your name up loud

Chorus

Kian, tonight the flags are yours Dancing hard on these long green floors We're calling Kian, come out and shine Nobody dances quite like you tonight

Verse 2

You never needed a perfect day Just a reason to move that way Every year you make the room believe There's more to give than we could conceive

Bridge

Spin us round like autumn air Show us why you're always there We'll keep the rhythm, you keep the flair

Chorus

Kian, tonight the flags are yours Dancing hard on these long green floors We're calling Kian, come out and shine Nobody dances quite like you tonight

Outro

Let the flags keep snapping in the breeze We'll love you long after the music leaves

Verse 1

That hallway coat rack sags and leans Brass taps drip above the floor We hang our coats where no one preens But you walk in and light the door

Chorus

Kian, the candles all are lit Kian, we saved the biggest chair Nobody here would ever quit On one more year of having you here

Verse 2

The linoleum sticks beneath our feet Old kettle sings its crooked tune But every voice we know repeats Your name like it was always June

Pre-chorus

So raise your cups, however chipped However cracked the old tap runs Tonight the whole room's grip is lifted

Chorus

Kian, the candles all are lit Kian, we saved the biggest chair Nobody here would ever quit On one more year of having you here

Bridge

Some hallways hold the ones who leave We're not the kind who slip away We're staying here for you to believe We'd pick this same old house each day

Chorus

Kian, the candles all are lit Kian, we saved the biggest chair Nobody here would ever quit On one more year of having you here

Outro

That tap still drips above the floor We'll blow the candles out for you

Verse 1

Old stairs groan under that box Heavy load but you don't stop Every step gets you closer Nothing here can pick a lock

Pre-chorus

We hear you climbing near Feel that rhythm building here So let the whole room lean in

Chorus

Kian, light up this room Like Brian, like a lion in bloom We're clapping out this beat for you Kian, chase away the gloom

Verse 2

Candles catch before you're trying We're already halfway flying Every year you carry further No use in even denying

Chorus

Kian, light up this room Like Brian, like a lion in bloom We're clapping out this beat for you Kian, chase away the gloom

Bridge

Turn it up, turn it loud Every voice, every proud Hands are clapping, feet are moving This whole house is your crowd

Chorus

Kian, light up this room Like Brian, like a lion in bloom We're clapping out this beat for you Kian, chase away the gloom

Outro

Those old stairs still remember You walking taller, stronger

Verse 1

Rain keeps tracing lines down the pane and I keep thinking of you the curtain hasn't moved all evening still as the calm you bring me into

Pre-chorus

I could watch that glass for hours never once feel the minutes drag but I'd rather watch you

Chorus

Kian, you're the hush after the thunder the reason my whole house feels warm nobody else has ever held me this steady, this quiet, through the storm

Verse 2

You talk and the room goes softer every worry I had starts to fade I've stopped watching the water on the window since you walked in, since you stayed

Bridge

Let the rain keep falling, I don't mind it let the whole grey evening pass you're the one thing I'm certain of the one light that's going to last

Chorus

Kian, you're the hush after the thunder the reason my whole house feels warm nobody else has ever held me this steady, this quiet, through the storm

Outro

The curtain's still hanging, calm as ever and so is this love I found in you

Verse 1

Paper plates stacked up high Nobody sees where we are Your foot finds mine below And I forget why we came

Chorus

Kian, you're the calm in the noise Every room gets loud with voices But your foot against mine says stay Kian, you're still my choice

Verse 2

I hold my drink and half listen Someone's laughing three seats down You just press your foot to mine And I feel completely known

Pre-chorus

Nobody here can see it The table hides what's true But I'm already leaning

Chorus

Kian, you're the calm in the noise Every room gets loud with voices But your foot against mine says stay Kian, you're still my choice

Bridge

We don't need to say a word This is how we've always spoken Your foot finds mine, I understand Some kind of promise, quiet and open

Chorus

Kian, you're the calm in the noise Every room gets loud with voices But your foot against mine says stay Kian, you're still my choice

Outro

Plates still stacked, the room clears out Your foot stays right where it was

Verse 1

Lamp burns low between our keyboards Green mug catching all the light Nothing here that's fancy or loud Still I want you every night

Pre-chorus

You keep typing, I keep watching Coffee going cold again Something's building up inside me

Chorus

Kian, you're the one I'm trying Trying every day to keep Steady as that mug between us Kian, you're my kind of deep

Verse 2

You laugh low at something silly Screen light on your tired eyes I forget what I was typing You're the only thing that's wise

Bridge

No grand words, no fireworks burning Just this room and just this year Whatever comes, however long I'll keep pouring, you stay near

Chorus

Kian, you're the one I'm trying Trying every day to keep Steady as that mug between us Kian, you're my kind of deep

Outro

Lamp still on, the mug gone empty Still the warmest place I know

Verse 1

A wedge of amber light lies stretched across the faded rug You watch it fade so slowly like a small and sleepy hug Nothing in this room is asking anything of you Kian, you are held here, safe and warm and snug

Pre-chorus

Your eyes are growing heavy as the colours start to blend Hush now, there is nothing you need mend or need defend Let the quiet gather you in gently round the bend

Chorus

Kian, sleep is calling soft and low and slow Nothing in the dark tonight will ever bring you woe You are loved beyond the reach of anything you'd try to find Kian, let the warm light take you where you go

Verse 2

That patch of light has faded now to shadow on the floor You do not need to watch it, you have drifted somewhere more Every little worry melts before it learns your name Rest now, you have nowhere left that you are trying for

Pre-chorus

Your eyes are growing heavy as the colours start to blend Hush now, there is nothing you need mend or need defend Let the quiet gather you in gently round the bend

Chorus

Kian, sleep is calling soft and low and slow Nothing in the dark tonight will ever bring you woe You are loved beyond the reach of anything you'd try to find Kian, let the warm light take you where you go

Bridge

Breathe out slow, let every hour dissolve away Nothing waits for you but morning and the day

Chorus

Kian, sleep is calling soft and low and slow Nothing in the dark tonight will ever bring you woe You are loved beyond the reach of anything you'd try to find Kian, let the warm light take you where you go

Outro

The rug will hold its pattern till the morning finds it there Sleep now, Kian, you are held in careful, quiet care

Verse 1

Somewhere behind the wall a radiator ticks so softly curling the old paper at the edges of the room every small click is just the house breathing gently near you and nothing in this dark tonight will come to bring you gloom

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the warm and quiet hold you hear how the house keeps humming low to keep you near feel how the night is only asking you to rest here

Chorus

Kian, the dark is only kindness wrapped around you nothing will wake you, nothing will pull you from this place sleep now, Kian, let the whole wide world go quiet you are the softest thing that's held in here tonight

Verse 2

Peeling paper curls a little more with every hour shadows lean in gently just to watch you dream under the hush the pipes keep singing low and steady holding this small room together while you drift downstream

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the warm and quiet hold you hear how the house keeps humming low to keep you near feel how the night is only asking you to rest here

Chorus

Kian, the dark is only kindness wrapped around you nothing will wake you, nothing will pull you from this place sleep now, Kian, let the whole wide world go quiet you are the softest thing that's held in here tonight

Bridge

Even the walls seem to lean closer to your breathing even the light has gone soft just to let you be

Chorus

Kian, the dark is only kindness wrapped around you nothing will wake you, nothing will pull you from this place sleep now, Kian, let the whole wide world go quiet you are the softest thing that's held in here tonight

Outro

Somewhere the radiator clicks its slow and steady rhythm and you are held so gently, sleeping safe till light

Verse 1

The lace by the window lifts soft in the midnight air Like breath from a dream that only you could wear The chair sits empty but the room is full of you So close your eyes now, let the quiet carry you through

Pre-chorus

Somewhere the rain is counting time on the sill Somewhere the night is learning to be still And here in the hush, love is gathering near

Chorus

Kian, the dark is only cotton and it's kind Kian, you are the calmest thought I find Sleep with the breeze that hums a lazy tune Sleep with the hush that folds around the room

Verse 2

The candle leans and the shadows learn to sway Nothing in this room would ever lead you astray You are the warmth that makes the midnight small So rest now easy, you are held by it all

Chorus

Kian, the dark is only cotton and it's kind Kian, you are the calmest thought I find Sleep with the breeze that hums a lazy tune Sleep with the hush that folds around the room

Bridge

Let the piano carry what the rain begins Let the slow notes settle where the quiet wins You are the reason the whole night feels safe

Chorus

Kian, the dark is only cotton and it's kind Kian, you are the calmest thought I find Sleep with the breeze that hums a lazy tune Sleep with the hush that folds around the room

Outro

The lace still lifts above the chair, so soft, so slow And you are loved beyond what these small words can show