Love Songs for Mariana

• Vinegar and Salt

  Gospel soul · Gospel · Organ · Rising

  A quiet gospel soul love song for anyone named Mariana, built from the small ritual of sharing chips on a wrapped-up newspaper.

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  Verse 1

  Vinegar pools where our fingers meet Salt on your knuckle, and I taste it too Nothing fancy, just this street Just the warm grease passing between us two

  Pre-chorus

  Simple things turn holy when you're near Your laugh rolls out and steadies me Something's rising, and I can feel it clear

  Chorus

  Mariana, you're the calm in my chest Hold you closer than the paper in my hand Mariana, you're my rest I'd know your warmth in any land

  Verse 2

  Streetlamp catching grease upon your thumb You laugh, and the whole night softens too Traffic hums its lazy hum Nowhere I would rather be than you

  Pre-chorus

  Simple things turn holy when you're near Your laugh rolls out and steadies me Something's rising, and I can feel it clear

  Chorus

  Mariana, you're the calm in my chest Hold you closer than the paper in my hand Mariana, you're my rest I'd know your warmth in any land

  Bridge

  No candles, no fancy plate tonight Just salt, just grease, just steady light You lean your head against my arm This is how you keep me warm

  Chorus

  Mariana, you're the calm in my chest Hold you closer than the paper in my hand Mariana, you're my rest I'd know your warmth in any land

  Outro

  Vinegar fades, but this never will Your hand in mine, and the night gone still

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• Steaming Glass

  Acoustic soul · Acoustic · Soul · Warm

  A quiet acoustic soul love song built around the small, plain moment of shelter from rain, for any kind of love, new, old or still finding its feet.

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  Verse 1

  Rain came down and we ran for cover Wheels still turning, we found each other Tyres steaming on the shelter glass You laughed like you'd found a lover

  Chorus

  Mariana, you steady my hands Anna could never hold me like this Something in you, I understand You're the one true thing in all my plans

  Verse 2

  Mud on the spokes and mud on your shoes Nowhere to go, no reason to move You leaned on the glass and caught your breath I watched you like I had nothing to lose

  Pre-chorus

  I've known quiet love and I've known loud This one sits low, it don't need a crowd It's building now, it wants to be said

  Chorus

  Mariana, you steady my hands Anna could never hold me like this Something in you, I understand You're the one true thing in all my plans

  Bridge

  Whatever this is, slow or new Old as the hills, I'd choose it too Give me the cold, give me the wet If it always ends up next to you

  Chorus

  Mariana, you steady my hands Anna could never hold me like this Something in you, I understand You're the one true thing in all my plans

  Outro

  The rain still falls on shelter glass I'd wait out any storm like that

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• Slow and Steady

  Blues slow dance · Blues · Guitar · Smoky

  A slow blues love song about steady, patient devotion, built from the image of tomato vines growing round a garden thermometer. Good for any kind of love, new or old, quiet or loud.

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  Verse 1

  I stuck a thermometer down in the ground Just to see how the heat moves round The vine crept up it, slow and sure That's how I love you, plain and pure

  Pre-chorus

  I don't rush what's already true Every season brings me back to you Something in me keeps reaching, keeps reaching through

  Chorus

  Mariana, you're the warmth I planted deep Mariana, you're the vow I mean to keep Slow as vines and steady as the sun You're the one I'm turning toward, the only one

  Verse 2

  Some kind of love comes on like weather Mine just settled in to stay together No rush of wind, no sudden flame Just growing quiet, saying your name

  Pre-chorus

  I don't rush what's already true Every season brings me back to you Something in me keeps reaching, keeps reaching through

  Chorus

  Mariana, you're the warmth I planted deep Mariana, you're the vow I mean to keep Slow as vines and steady as the sun You're the one I'm turning toward, the only one

  Bridge

  Let the frost come if it must Nothing shakes this kind of trust You're the steady in my chest The place I finally learned to rest

  Chorus

  Mariana, you're the warmth I planted deep Mariana, you're the vow I mean to keep Slow as vines and steady as the sun You're the one I'm turning toward, the only one

  Outro

  The vine still climbs the same old stake You're the truest thing I didn't have to fake

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