Love Songs for Mali

• Washed Up Like Light

  Chamber folk · Chamber · Cello · Delicate

  A quiet love song for anyone named Mali, built from something pale left on dark sand and turned into a plain statement of devotion.

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  Verse 1

  Something pale was left on the sand Bright against the dark and the wet I almost walked on past where it lay But I think of you and I can't forget

  Pre-chorus

  You could be so easy to miss Small and quiet against the tide But once I see you, I always see you

  Chorus

  Mali, you shine when the light is low Soft in a world that forgets to look You're the one thing I always know Steady as the tide, plain as a book

  Verse 2

  Driftwood scattered, grey and bare Half sunk down in the dark wet ground But you're the thing that still catches me there The one clear note in all that sound

  Bridge

  I don't need the sand to explain it I don't need the tide to agree You're the calm I return to at evening The only home that follows me

  Chorus

  Mali, you shine when the light is low Soft in a world that forgets to look You're the one thing I always know Steady as the tide, plain as a book

  Outro

  Something pale still rests on the shore And I love you the same as before

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• Bench in the Cold

  Soul waltz · Soul · Organ · Swaying

  A quiet, steady love song for anyone named Mali, built around an old bench and the warmth that outlasts any weather.

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  Verse 1

  The leaves came down and covered the seat We sat there once, out of the sleet Grey fence behind us, worn thin and bare You made that cold bench feel like somewhere

  Pre-chorus

  I think of you in colours fading Still you're the warmth that isn't waiting You're the reason I keep staying

  Chorus

  Mali, you steady me like nothing can Through every season, every plan No rally, no valley, no mile too far I'd know you anywhere you are

  Verse 2

  Brown leaves pile where we used to talk You never rushed me, never balked That fence has rusted, greyer now But you're the same, and I don't know how

  Pre-chorus

  I think of you in colours fading Still you're the warmth that isn't waiting You're the reason I keep staying

  Chorus

  Mali, you steady me like nothing can Through every season, every plan No rally, no valley, no mile too far I'd know you anywhere you are

  Bridge

  Let the wind take the leaves it wants You're the one thing that still haunts Every quiet, ordinary place I'd sit through winter for your face

  Chorus

  Mali, you steady me like nothing can Through every season, every plan No rally, no valley, no mile too far I'd know you anywhere you are

  Outro

  The bench still waits beneath the grey You're the warmth that never went away

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• Under the Archway

  Piano ballad · Piano · Ballad · Intimate

  A quiet piano love song for anybody named Mali, built from one small moment of shelter, water and staying close.

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  Verse 1

  Rain found the handle by the wall Cold metal dripping down the alley You laughed and pulled me in the arch I wasn't going anywhere at all

  Pre-chorus

  The water kept on falling slow You looked at me like I should know So I'll say it now before it goes

  Chorus

  Mali, you're the one I choose There's no version where I lose Steady as a low green valley Mali, this was never news

  Verse 2

  We waited out the whole grey sky You traced the drips along my sleeve Nobody else was on that street Just us two with nowhere else to be

  Chorus

  Mali, you're the one I choose There's no version where I lose Steady as a low green valley Mali, this was never news

  Bridge

  I don't need thunder, don't need noise Just you close and the quiet poise Some loves rally loud and fast Ours just settles in and stays

  Chorus

  Mali, you're the one I choose There's no version where I lose Steady as a low green valley Mali, this was never news

  Outro

  Long after that rain has dried You're still the one stood by my side

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