Songs for Lottie

Verse 1

I know a thousand words by heart words for weather, words for art but none of them can hold a room the way yours does right from the start

Pre-chorus

I could talk for hours and say nothing true then I stop and just say you and everything gets clearer

Chorus

Lottie, that's the best word said every language, every book I've read nothing rhymes with how you make me feel but Lottie comes the closest instead

Verse 2

Other names just come and go fill a space and empty slow yours stays lit up on my tongue longer than I'd ever know

Chorus

Lottie, that's the best word said every language, every book I've read nothing rhymes with how you make me feel but Lottie comes the closest instead

Bridge

Say it plain or say it soft it lifts me up like nothing else has one small word, and I'm undone simple as that, sure as that

Chorus

Lottie, that's the best word said every language, every book I've read nothing rhymes with how you make me feel but Lottie comes the closest instead

Outro

I'll keep learning words till I run dry but yours was always the reason why

Verse 1

I hear you laugh across the room and everything goes still and clear it finds me like it always does and pulls me straight back here

Chorus

Lottie, that laugh gives you away it says exactly who you are Lottie, you light up like day the closest thing I have to a star

Verse 2

You laugh with your whole entire chest no holding back, no keeping neat I love that you don't tone it down I love that you don't retreat

Pre-chorus

Some days I forget my own name but never how your laugh sounds it's the thing that keeps me leaning in

Chorus

Lottie, that laugh gives you away it says exactly who you are Lottie, you light up like day the closest thing I have to a star

Bridge

Let the quiet years come if they must I'll still know you by that sound however far this life takes us that laugh will always bring me round

Chorus

Lottie, that laugh gives you away it says exactly who you are Lottie, you light up like day the closest thing I have to a star

Outro

So laugh again across the room I'll still be here, still listening

Verse 1

You look up from across the room and something old wakes up too soon no reason why, no special sign just you again, undoing mine

Chorus

Lottie, I am falling still not by chance and not by will every time I think I know you something new comes through to show you

Verse 2

The kettle clicks, you hum a tune nothing rare about this noon but there it goes, that same old pull quiet and certain, slow and full

Pre-chorus

No grand moment, no big scene just the space where you have been and I am tipping in again

Chorus

Lottie, I am falling still not by chance and not by will every time I think I know you something new comes through to show you

Bridge

Some loves shout and some loves creep mine just settles in to keep and every time I think it's landed it goes deeper than I planned it

Chorus

Lottie, I am falling still not by chance and not by will every time I think I know you something new comes through to show you

Outro

You look up from across the room and I am gone again, for you

Verse 1

Paper chains hang loose around the stair One droops down like it knows the way We've been waiting for you standing there Now the house feels right again today

Pre-chorus

Candles burning, carols in the air All the pieces fit when you are near Nothing's quite the same without you

Chorus

Lottie, Lottie, light the dark December night Sit beside the fire, let us hold you tight Lottie, Lottie, you're the reason we begin Welcome home, we've missed you, come on in

Verse 2

Frost keeps watch outside but here it's warm Table set and laughter round the room You arrive and break the waiting storm Every corner flowers in this bloom

Chorus

Lottie, Lottie, light the dark December night Sit beside the fire, let us hold you tight Lottie, Lottie, you're the reason we begin Welcome home, we've missed you, come on in

Bridge

Time spins round, the year falls thin and grey But you're here and everything turns gold

Chorus

Lottie, Lottie, light the dark December night Sit beside the fire, let us hold you tight Lottie, Lottie, you're the reason we begin Welcome home, we've missed you, come on in

Outro

Paper chains hang loose around the stair And Lottie's here, so everything is bright

Verse 1

We watched the board for hours long Clock hands turning, right and wrong But Lottie, you're worth every wait Coming through that winter gate

Pre-chorus

Snow will fall and carols play Frost will silver every day Nothing's whole until you're here

Chorus

Lottie brings the warmth we need Lottie, you're our winter's seed Sit beside us by the fire Home is what you will inspire

Verse 2

Empty chairs around our table We believe in being able Lottie, light your way to us No more distance, no more fuss

Chorus

Lottie brings the warmth we need Lottie, you're our winter's seed Sit beside us by the fire Home is what you will inspire

Bridge

Years will turn and seasons change Only one thing won't feel strange

Chorus

Lottie brings the warmth we need Lottie, you're our winter's seed Sit beside us by the fire Home is what you will inspire

Outro

You complete our Christmas song Lottie, you're where we belong

Verse 1

You climb the attic stairs alone Dust motes dance in winter sun These treasures waiting through the year Mean nothing 'til you come

Pre-chorus

Your hands know every worn-out thing Each faded box, each silver string You bring them back to light

Chorus

Lottie, you're the first to know When it's time to light the frost Lottie, you're the golden glow That means the year's not lost

Verse 2

You polish every burnished star You wind the lights on every limb The table holds the chairs that wait For songs we'll sing with vim

Bridge

Your kindness is the warmth we crave The hearth that holds us through the night

Chorus

Lottie, you're the first to know When it's time to light the frost Lottie, you're the golden glow That means the year's not lost

Outro

You've turned the key, the threshold glows December knows that you are home