Songs for Lola

Verse 1

Dust turns slow between the shelves Light finds you before it finds itself I stood still just watching you there Something in that hush felt like a prayer

Chorus

Lola, you're the calm behind my eyes Lola, you're the reason light can rise No one else has ever held me true There is no version of me without you

Verse 2

Years could pass and shelves could fall You'd still be the steadiest of it all I have watched the quiet way you move Nothing in this world I'd rather prove

Pre-chorus

Every hour feels a little slower now Every doubt I had, you showed me how I am leaning into what comes next

Chorus

Lola, you're the calm behind my eyes Lola, you're the reason light can rise No one else has ever held me true There is no version of me without you

Bridge

Some loves shout and some loves wait Ours just settles, sure and straight You don't need the noise to prove it's real

Chorus

Lola, you're the calm behind my eyes Lola, you're the reason light can rise No one else has ever held me true There is no version of me without you

Outro

The dust still falls the same slow way I'd choose this quiet light every day

Verse 1

Two bottles on a cold brick step waiting there for the morning light you left your warmth beside my door and now you're always in my sight

Chorus

Lola, you're the calm I lean on steady as the break of day every road I take leads homeward Lola, you're the reason I stay

Verse 2

We don't need much to feel like plenty just a doorstep and a little time you hum some old forgotten melody and somehow it turns into mine

Pre-chorus

I've counted all the ways you love me quiet ones that no one sees and every single one is pulling

Chorus

Lola, you're the calm I lean on steady as the break of day every road I take leads homeward Lola, you're the reason I stay

Bridge

No need for anything grand or loud just you beside me, plain and true doesn't matter what the weather brings I'd choose this step, I'd choose you

Chorus

Lola, you're the calm I lean on steady as the break of day every road I take leads homeward Lola, you're the reason I stay

Outro

Two bottles standing on the step still there together in the cold

Verse 1

I shake the rain off at your door Grey stone porch, the light gone low You pull me in before I knock You already knew I'd show

Pre-chorus

I don't bring flowers or a speech Just wet shoes and a steady heart Something in the quiet of it

Chorus

Lola, you're the one I choose In the plainest kind of way Not for show and not for news Lola, you're my every day

Verse 2

The umbrella folds up small Still it drips onto the stone You hand me something warm to hold And I forget I came alone

Chorus

Lola, you're the one I choose In the plainest kind of way Not for show and not for news Lola, you're my every day

Bridge

No need to shout it from a roof Just this porch and just this proof You stayed soft when I was rough

Chorus

Lola, you're the one I choose In the plainest kind of way Not for show and not for news Lola, you're my every day

Outro

The porch dries slow after the rain I'd knock on your door again