Songs for Marilyn

Verse 1

Dust on my fingers, boxes on the floor I click the dividers into their place Old sleeves of paper, nothing left to sort But I'd know your handwriting anywhere on the page

Pre-chorus

Everything else got faded or thrown away But you stayed clear through all of it somehow I'm not done looking, not by a long way

Chorus

Marilyn, you're the one thing I kept Not for the shine, just because you're true Through every year I lost or slept Nothing came close to loving you

Verse 2

Some folders empty, some crammed too tight Labels gone soft with the years they've seen I stopped to hold one up to the light And there you were, right where you'd always been

Chorus

Marilyn, you're the one thing I kept Not for the shine, just because you're true Through every year I lost or slept Nothing came close to loving you

Bridge

Everything else, I could let it go The rest was only paper, only dust But you're the one thing I still know The only sleeve I never had to trust

Chorus

Marilyn, you're the one thing I kept Not for the shine, just because you're true Through every year I lost or slept Nothing came close to loving you

Outro

I'll close the box and leave the rest behind You're the only thing worth going back to find

Verse 1

The glass is cold against my hand water finds its own slow way I watch one drop begin to fall and think of you before it lands

Pre-chorus

Some things move without a sound some things take their time to show and I have learned to wait like that

Chorus

Marilyn, you steady me calm as rain against a pane nobody feels like home the way Marilyn, you do again

Verse 2

I trace a line across the fog and write your name then let it go the window holds it for a breath that's how quiet loving you can grow

Bridge

No rush, no noise, no need to prove just this slow certain kind of love you don't have to shine to matter you just have to stay, that's enough

Chorus

Marilyn, you steady me calm as rain against a pane nobody feels like home the way Marilyn, you do again

Outro

The glass has cleared, the drop is gone but you're still here, and I'm still here

Verse 1

The grey walls hold and the deep holds still You're the one steady thing on this old hill Ring on the wall, never used, never gone Like the love that holds fast when it's calm

Pre-chorus

I've seen you weather every kind of storm Never asking to be more than you are And I'm leaning in to say it right

Chorus

Marilyn, you're the calm in the hold Every quiet thing you do turns to gold Marilyn, I don't need the tide to rise Just to keep finding you in my eyes

Verse 2

No one else walks this deck quite like you Steady hands doing what steady hands do You don't shout to prove that you care You just stay, and that stay is rare

Bridge

Some loves burn loud, then burn to grey Ours just holds, plain, come what may I don't need the noise of the sea Just you, still here, still choosing me

Chorus

Marilyn, you're the calm in the hold Every quiet thing you do turns to gold Marilyn, I don't need the tide to rise Just to keep finding you in my eyes

Outro

Grey walls still hold, the ring still hangs Steady as ever, that's where love stands

Verse 1

Somewhere the branches are swaying slow above the quiet ground Green leaves are brushing so softly against the dark of night You are the reason the darkness feels kind and safe all around Rest now, my darlin', and let go of the last of the light

Chorus

Marilyn, Marilyn, hush now and drift on the breeze Nothing can touch you while you are held here so near Sleep finds you gentle as wind through the heavy green leaves Marilyn, close now, there's nothing at all left to fear

Verse 2

Underneath cloth so dark, the leaves keep tapping so light Every small sound out there is only the wind saying goodnight You are the calm that the whole tired evening has found Breathe slow, my darlin', let sleep settle soft all around

Pre-chorus

Feel how the wind goes quiet, folding its wings to rest Nothing tonight will hurry you, nothing will ask you for more Just let the hush come closer, soft as a breath held blessed

Chorus

Marilyn, Marilyn, hush now and drift on the breeze Nothing can touch you while you are held here so near Sleep finds you gentle as wind through the heavy green leaves Marilyn, close now, there's nothing at all left to fear

Bridge

Let every worry fall loose like leaves letting go of a tree You are the warmth in this room, the one thing I keep Nothing tonight is required of you, only to be

Chorus

Marilyn, Marilyn, hush now and drift on the breeze Nothing can touch you while you are held here so near Sleep finds you gentle as wind through the heavy green leaves Marilyn, close now, there's nothing at all left to fear

Outro

Somewhere the leaves keep brushing so soft against the dark You are already dreaming, already safe, already home

Verse 1

The grey wings fold so softly into bark tonight Every star above is bending low to watch you rest There's a hush that wraps around you, soft and warm and right Sleep is calling gently, and you answer it the best

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the dark be kind and slow Feel your breath grow quiet like the tide Something warm is waiting just below

Chorus

Marilyn, the stars are humming just for you Soft as feathers, safe as any nest could be Nothing in the dark can touch you, Marilyn, it's true You are held as gently as the bark holds sleeping trees

Verse 2

The night has folded round you like a wing pulled tight Every shadow softens when it comes to find your bed Somewhere close a small bird settles into starlight And you are just as treasured as the words I've said

Bridge

Rest here where the quiet keeps you warm Nothing in the dark will ever ask you to be strong

Chorus

Marilyn, the stars are humming just for you Soft as feathers, safe as any nest could be Nothing in the dark can touch you, Marilyn, it's true You are held as gently as the bark holds sleeping trees

Outro

Sleep now, little feather, folded soft and low The bark still holds you gently as the stars keep their glow

Verse 1

Somewhere the water is folding soft over the sand tonight letting the day go under, easy and slow and right you are the calm at the edge where the loud waves land held in the hush that follows them onto land

Chorus

Marilyn, close your eyes now, let the dark come round the softest thing in all the world is your sleeping sound rest here, Marilyn, nothing can touch you now the whole night bends down gently to your brow

Verse 2

Little light on the water, dim and far and true stays just to watch quietly over you every wave that reaches shore forgets itself in white just like you're forgetting the whole day into night

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the tide has nowhere else to be nothing is asked of you, nothing you can't set free sleep is coming closer, soft as it can come

Chorus

Marilyn, close your eyes now, let the dark come round the softest thing in all the world is your sleeping sound rest here, Marilyn, nothing can touch you now the whole night bends down gently to your brow

Bridge

Foam goes quiet on the sand, and so do you fading into calm the way the sky turns blue nothing in the dark tonight will ask you to be strong

Chorus

Marilyn, close your eyes now, let the dark come round the softest thing in all the world is your sleeping sound rest here, Marilyn, nothing can touch you now the whole night bends down gently to your brow

Outro

Somewhere the water is folding softly, letting go sleep the same way, Marilyn, easy and slow