Songs for Lisa

Verse 1

Fingers walk the cardboard sleeves Under a sign that hums in blue I could stand here for hours Just to watch what you do

Pre-chorus

You hold each one like it matters Like the world could wait its turn This is how you love things This is how I learn

Chorus

Lisa, you make the slow hours kind Nothing about you is ever routine Every quiet thing you find Turns into something worth seeing

Verse 2

You never rush the finding You let the good things stay lost a while I watch you read the labels And somehow it makes me smile

Bridge

Maybe it's new, maybe it's years Maybe it's neither, just steady and true Whatever this is called I only know I chose you

Chorus

Lisa, you make the slow hours kind Nothing about you is ever routine Every quiet thing you find Turns into something worth seeing

Outro

Still tracing sleeves under that blue light Still glad I get to call you mine

Verse 1

Morning drips slow off the leaves Water finds its way with ease I stand here holding an empty can Waiting on you like the plants do, love

Pre-chorus

I keep coming back to this same place Something in the quiet fits your face And my heart starts reaching, slow but sure

Chorus

Lisa, you're the calm I lean on Steady as the light at dawn Nobody holds me quite like you Lisa, this love stays true

Verse 2

Gravel holds the damp all day Nothing here just fades away You water what you love and wait That's how you've loved me, patient, straight

Pre-chorus

I keep coming back to this same place Something in the quiet fits your face And my heart starts reaching, slow but sure

Chorus

Lisa, you're the calm I lean on Steady as the light at dawn Nobody holds me quite like you Lisa, this love stays true

Bridge

No grand gesture, just this instead Just your hand and a garden bed Whatever grows here, grows because you stayed

Chorus

Lisa, you're the calm I lean on Steady as the light at dawn Nobody holds me quite like you Lisa, this love stays true

Outro

Still the water finds the ground Still I'm glad that you're around

Verse 1

I hear the bottles knock before the light and know that you are somewhere near the door the moth turns circles round the porch lamp still and I am glad you're close tonight

Pre-chorus

Every small sound waits for you before the day has learned your name I lie here listening for one thing more

Chorus

Lisa, it's the quiet hours I love you best when the whole street's asleep but us no grand words, no big scenes to raise just you, still here, and me, no less

Verse 2

The glass rings out against the step a small bell nobody else would hear but I know it means you're near and something in my chest lets go

Bridge

I've loved you loud and loved you plain through easy years and harder weather this porch light's seen us both again still choosing to come home together

Chorus

Lisa, it's the quiet hours I love you best when the whole street's asleep but us no grand words, no big scenes to raise just you, still here, and me, no less

Outro

The bottles knock, the moth still turns and I'm still glad it's you I love

Verse 1

The little clock beside you hums a low and orange tune it warms the edge of darkness like a small and steady moon its quiet static murmurs through the pillow near your ear and you are safe inside this small and golden room

Pre-chorus

Let your breathing slow to match that gentle glowing light the whole wide house is settling into velvet folds of night and everything is waiting just to hold you through till light

Chorus

Lisa, close your eyes and let the orange hush come near nothing in the shadows means you any harm, my dear Lisa, you are wrapped in every soft thing I can find sleep now, you are certain, you are loved and you are here

Verse 2

The radio breathes its whisper like a tide that never breaks it hushes every worry that the quiet dark awakes you curl beneath the covers where the warmth begins to pool and nothing in this whole wide world could touch you now, it seems

Bridge

Rest inside the glow that never has to say a word let it hum you something gentler than you've ever heard

Chorus

Lisa, close your eyes and let the orange hush come near nothing in the shadows means you any harm, my dear Lisa, you are wrapped in every soft thing I can find sleep now, you are certain, you are loved and you are here

Outro

The little clock beside you glows on softly through the dark sleep now, Lisa, you are held till morning brings its spark

Verse 1

Dust is drifting soft above the radiator's glow Somewhere past the door the old floor gives a gentle creak You are wrapped up warm where all the quiet rivers flow Nothing in this house has any reason to be sleek

Chorus

Lisa, hush now, let the whole wide night grow small Close your eyes and let the ceiling be your only sky Lisa, you are held above whatever else might fall Sleep is just another way of saying I am nearby

Verse 2

Somewhere down the hall a floorboard settles into rest Every little sound tonight is only saying you are known The light comes through the curtain like it's tucking in your chest You are not alone here, even though you feel you're on your own

Pre-chorus

Hear how soft the whole house breathes around you now Nothing needs to hurry, nothing needs to keep There is only this, the dark and you and how

Chorus

Lisa, hush now, let the whole wide night grow small Close your eyes and let the ceiling be your only sky Lisa, you are held above whatever else might fall Sleep is just another way of saying I am nearby

Bridge

Every small thing loves you without needing to be loud The warmth beneath the window doesn't ask for a reply It only stays, it only holds, it never leaves your side

Chorus

Lisa, hush now, let the whole wide night grow small Close your eyes and let the ceiling be your only sky Lisa, you are held above whatever else might fall Sleep is just another way of saying I am nearby

Outro

The dust still drifts above the radiator, slow and gold You are the warmest thing this quiet house will ever hold

Verse 1

Soft little battery hums are fading into the floor tonight Yellow light through the blankets is turning gold and low and right You are wrapped in the warmest hush that this house can hold Every corner of this room is turning gentle, turning gold

Chorus

Lisa, the light is low and leaning kind upon your bed Close your eyes, Louisa never had it softer than you said Lisa, the whole wide night is folding gently round your name Nothing needs to move at all, the dark has learned your name

Verse 2

Somewhere a little hum is settling slower than a sigh You are held so close tonight beneath this glowing amber sky Let the small light stay awhile and keep the corners warm Sleep is only softness now, there is no kind of storm

Pre-chorus

Feel how the warmth is pooling underneath the woolen weight Hear how the hum is slowing down to something soft and late Something in this quiet room is leaning toward your name

Chorus

Lisa, the light is low and leaning kind upon your bed Close your eyes, Louisa never had it softer than you said Lisa, the whole wide night is folding gently round your name Nothing needs to move at all, the dark has learned your name

Bridge

Rest now where the low light keeps its slow and steady glow Let every worry of the day dissolve and drift down low

Chorus

Lisa, the light is low and leaning kind upon your bed Close your eyes, Louisa never had it softer than you said Lisa, the whole wide night is folding gently round your name Nothing needs to move at all, the dark has learned your name

Outro

The yellow light will keep on glowing soft till morning comes Sleep now, Lisa, safe beneath the hush of fading hums