Songs for Maeve

Verse 1

Plastic cups on a rusty padlock Balanced there by the old lock gate Somebody set them up for you Because they knew you'd be great

Pre-chorus

Everybody's here and waiting Boots are tapping, hands are free Get ready now, here it comes

Chorus

Maeve, you make this whole room brave Pour it out, let's raise and wave Nobody else could light it like you Maeve, we're glad that you were gave

Verse 2

The canal runs slow and easy Water doesn't rush for anyone But when you walk into a room Every bit of quiet is done

Pre-chorus

Everybody's here and waiting Boots are tapping, hands are free Get ready now, here it comes

Chorus

Maeve, you make this whole room brave Pour it out, let's raise and wave Nobody else could light it like you Maeve, we're glad that you were gave

Bridge

Stomp your boots for one more year Clap it loud, let the fiddle rave Every gate that ever stopped you Swung wide open just for Maeve

Chorus

Maeve, you make this whole room brave Pour it out, let's raise and wave Nobody else could light it like you Maeve, we're glad that you were gave

Outro

Leave the cups there on the padlock Someone's glad they came today

Verse 1

Coins are loose and knocking round chrome is spinning, such a sound something small got shaken free that's the noise your joy has found

Pre-chorus

Every year you crash in bright turn the dullest room to light so we're lifting cups tonight

Chorus

Maeve, the whole house lifts for you every candle burns on cue nothing here feels plain or grey Maeve, we're glad you came to stay

Verse 2

Something rattles, won't lie still like it's climbing up the hill you make quiet rooms go loud and you do it with no drill

Pre-chorus

Every year you crash in bright turn the dullest room to light so we're lifting cups tonight

Chorus

Maeve, the whole house lifts for you every candle burns on cue nothing here feels plain or grey Maeve, we're glad you came to stay

Bridge

Spin us round till we forget every worry, every debt you're the shine we didn't plan you're the one who lights the set

Chorus

Maeve, the whole house lifts for you every candle burns on cue nothing here feels plain or grey Maeve, we're glad you came to stay

Outro

Let the coins keep on their spin we are glad you're tumbling in

Verse 1

Left the paper bag out back Damp and empty on the rack But you never leave a soul behind You're the warmest thing I'll find

Pre-chorus

So let the horns come blaring in Let the whole room start to grin Because tonight we're raising you up high

Chorus

Maeve, you make the whole place brave Nobody lights a room like Maeve Sing it loud and sing it true Every single year's for you

Verse 2

Some folks fade like leftover rain You come back and shine again You turn the smallest night to gold Never once been bought or sold

Chorus

Maeve, you make the whole place brave Nobody lights a room like Maeve Sing it loud and sing it true Every single year's for you

Bridge

Blow the trumpets, kick the beat Nothing here is second best Here's to you, so raise your seat Toast the one who beats the rest

Chorus

Maeve, you make the whole place brave Nobody lights a room like Maeve Sing it loud and sing it true Every single year's for you

Outro

Leave the paper bag behind You're the best thing here to find

Verse 1

The morning's slow and neither of us move Two mugs are touching near the paper mess You laugh at something small I said And I forget what I was going to confess

Chorus

Maeve, you make the quiet hold together Papers scattered, cups gone cold Maeve, I'd choose this over any weather This is worth more than the stories told

Verse 2

Receipts pile up like all our little days Nothing on them we would ever save But your hand rests so close to mine Steady as a coastline holding back a wave

Pre-chorus

No one's clearing off this table yet Nothing here we're rushing to erase Something in this mess I don't forget

Chorus

Maeve, you make the quiet hold together Papers scattered, cups gone cold Maeve, I'd choose this over any weather This is worth more than the stories told

Bridge

Some kind of love needs proving every day Ours just sits here, doesn't need to shout I'll take the steam that's fading anyway Over anything louder I could live without

Chorus

Maeve, you make the quiet hold together Papers scattered, cups gone cold Maeve, I'd choose this over any weather This is worth more than the stories told

Outro

Let the papers sit however they land Just leave your mug there, touching mine again

Verse 1

A paper plate beside the sink Half a sandwich, going stale You left it there and went to work I never mind the trail

Chorus

Maeve, you don't need to try so hard I love you slow, I love you plain Even the mess that you leave behind Maeve, feels more like sun than rain

Verse 2

You always laugh before you finish Half your sentence gets away I fill the rest in with your name That's just how we talk these days

Pre-chorus

I've watched you move around this kitchen Learned every habit, every sound Now I can't picture quiet without you

Chorus

Maeve, you don't need to try so hard I love you slow, I love you plain Even the mess that you leave behind Maeve, feels more like sun than rain

Bridge

Some loves burn like a house on fire Ours just sits here, steady, warm You don't have to be my rescue You're just the calm after the storm

Chorus

Maeve, you don't need to try so hard I love you slow, I love you plain Even the mess that you leave behind Maeve, feels more like sun than rain

Outro

That plate's still sitting by the sink I'll leave it there a while for you

Verse 1

Warm air fogs the window slow Cars outside go soft and grey I trace a line to see the street You're the reason I don't let it go

Chorus

Maeve, you're the warmth in this cold little room Nothing clears a fog like your name Maeve, I'd know your voice in any crowd You and I don't need the same old game

Verse 2

Someone's headlights cut the mist You laugh low and lean in close I forget what I was looking for Your hand finds mine, and we're not lost

Pre-chorus

The glass keeps clouding over again But I don't mind the blur tonight Not when you're this near

Chorus

Maeve, you're the warmth in this cold little room Nothing clears a fog like your name Maeve, I'd know your voice in any crowd You and I don't need the same old game

Bridge

Let the whole street disappear Let the cars sit blind and still I've got all I need right here Your breath beside me is enough to fill

Chorus

Maeve, you're the warmth in this cold little room Nothing clears a fog like your name Maeve, I'd know your voice in any crowd You and I don't need the same old game

Outro

Morning comes and clears the glass But you're still here, and that's enough

Verse 1

A small wing taps the lamp glass out beyond the ivy vine The garden folds its shadows in and settles for the night You're wrapped up warm where nothing sharp or cold can reach your spine Sleep is close and calling soft, so gentle and so right

Chorus

Maeve, the dark is only velvet drawn across the sill Every moth that circles home is dreaming of your rest Close your eyes, Maeve, and let the whole wide house go still You are the warmest light of all, you are the very best

Verse 2

The ivy holds the porch light gently in its climbing hands No harm can find you here beneath this quiet sheltered eave Somewhere past the hedges soft the falling darkness lands And nothing in the whole wide night has come to make you grieve

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the humming wings grow slower than before Feel the warmth pooled underneath the blanket at your feet There's nothing you need reach for, nothing you need more

Chorus

Maeve, the dark is only velvet drawn across the sill Every moth that circles home is dreaming of your rest Close your eyes, Maeve, and let the whole wide house go still You are the warmest light of all, you are the very best

Bridge

Softer now than wingbeats, softer than the porch light's hum Nothing in this whole wide night could ever wish you harm

Chorus

Maeve, the dark is only velvet drawn across the sill Every moth that circles home is dreaming of your rest Close your eyes, Maeve, and let the whole wide house go still You are the warmest light of all, you are the very best

Outro

The last small wing has folded now against the sleeping vine Sleep on, Maeve, you are held, you are entirely mine

Verse 1

A yellow beam is sliding slow across the plaster white it slips behind the net curtains and softens into night you watch it drift and settle like it knows just where to go and I am watching only you, my calmest, quietest glow

Pre-chorus

Your breathing slows to match the hush that settles on the floor the beam has found the corner where it rested there before so close your eyes, my darling, there is nothing at the door

Chorus

Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window edge the whole wide world is turning slow but here the air is quiet and it lets your breathing show curl a little closer now, let every worry fall away you are the softest reason I keep watch until the day

Pre-chorus

Your breathing slows to match the hush that settles on the floor the beam has found the corner where it rested there before so close your eyes, my darling, there is nothing at the door

Chorus

Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

Bridge

Sleep can hold you gentle as a tide that will not break nothing in this quiet room will ever ask you to wake

Chorus

Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

Outro

That same soft beam will find the ceiling long after you are dreaming and you will still be loved here, quiet, safe, and always gleaming

Verse 1

The wool blanket sits knotted over the chair, waiting for morning Nobody moves it tonight, the whole room has gone quiet and slow Somewhere under it your small hands once learned how to hold on There's a softness in this house tonight that only you could bring

Pre-chorus

The lamp is dim now and the hush is settling into the walls Nothing in this room is asking anything at all of you Just the dark, and the quiet, and the shape of you drifting down

Chorus

Maeve, the whole night bends in close to keep you safe Every corner of this room was made to hold you, Maeve Sleep can find you gently here, there's nowhere else to be Nothing in the dark tonight was ever built to make you brave

Verse 2

Somewhere a door clicks shut and the house folds in around you Warm air settles slow across the blankets piled beside your bed You breathe out longer now, further down into the pillow Small as you are tonight, you are the centre of this whole house

Bridge

Rest your worries by the chair, let the wool blanket keep them Nothing needs deciding now, nothing needs to be carried

Chorus

Maeve, the whole night bends in close to keep you safe Every corner of this room was made to hold you, Maeve Sleep can find you gently here, there's nowhere else to be Nothing in the dark tonight was ever built to make you brave

Outro

The blanket stays right where it fell, still warm from your hands Sleep now, little one, morning will find you exactly here