Love Songs for Martin

Verse 1

Our baskets bumped between the shelves Past the soup cans and the tinned tomatoes Nothing planned, nothing rehearsed I just looked up and there you were

Pre-chorus

Now I'm holding up the aisle Forgetting every single thing I came for Something in me stops and starts

Chorus

Martin, you make the ordinary hum Every quiet minute feels less numb Some hearts wait to be well and truly charted Martin, mine already come

Verse 2

I wheeled back round to find you twice Told myself it was about the tomatoes You smiled like you already knew That the basket wasn't why I stayed

Bridge

No candles, no grand design Just fluorescent light and you being kind I wasn't hunting for a thing like this But look what waited down the tinned soup aisle

Chorus

Martin, you make the ordinary hum Every quiet minute feels less numb Some hearts wait to be well and truly charted Martin, mine already come

Outro

Two baskets, still bumping handles Still glad that our shelves crossed at all

Verse 1

A lemon rolls across the cloth slow, like it's got all day you catch it right before it stops and laugh it clean away

Pre-chorus

Nothing about this moment is loud no one is watching us here but something in me is leaning towards

Chorus

Martin, this is the whole of it just you, and the grass, and the light no fireworks, only how I fit beside you, easy, every quiet night

Verse 2

You roll it back across to me so careless, like it means nothing but I keep the small things you don't see the way you hum while you're humming

Bridge

I've loved you in louder rooms and none of them held like this one fruit, one field, one afternoon and still it's you I'd pick

Chorus

Martin, this is the whole of it just you, and the grass, and the light no fireworks, only how I fit beside you, easy, every quiet night

Outro

Somewhere that lemon's still rolling on and I'm still glad it's you

Verse 1

Rain finds the canopy above our heads Silver runs down where the black cloth spreads You tuck in closer, out of the storm Martin, your shoulder is where I get warm

Pre-chorus

The street is empty, the noise is gone Nobody's watching, we carry on And I feel the words getting ready to land

Chorus

Martin, I love you plainer than most No grand speeches, no need to boast Just this collar pressed close to mine Martin, I'd choose you every time

Verse 2

Your coat is damp but your hand stays dry You laugh at the drops that catch your eye No umbrella ever kept us this near Nothing said tonight that we didn't mean here

Chorus

Martin, I love you plainer than most No grand speeches, no need to boast Just this collar pressed close to mine Martin, I'd choose you every time

Bridge

Let the whole sky empty out on us We're not running, we're not making a fuss Some kind of love doesn't need the sun

Chorus

Martin, I love you plainer than most No grand speeches, no need to boast Just this collar pressed close to mine Martin, I'd choose you every time

Outro

The rain keeps sliding down black cloth We stand here dry, and warm, and both