Songs for Mason

Verse 1

Rain finds the brick and won't let go Mortar bleeds yellow, water runs slow You pull me close under the red I'd walk this lane forever instead

Pre-chorus

I know this street like my own hand But I don't know you, not fully, not planned There's more of you I want to find

Chorus

Mason, you're the calm in the flood Steady as bone, warm as blood I'd choose this lane, I'd choose this rain Mason, again and again

Verse 2

The umbrella's small, we stand close in Water finds the gaps, soaks our skin You laugh like the weather's no big deal With you the smallest things feel real

Chorus

Mason, you're the calm in the flood Steady as bone, warm as blood I'd choose this lane, I'd choose this rain Mason, again and again

Bridge

No grand house, no gold, no name in lights Just narrow lanes and ordinary nights But you make the ordinary hold You're the warm hand when it's cold

Chorus

Mason, you're the calm in the flood Steady as bone, warm as blood I'd choose this lane, I'd choose this rain Mason, again and again

Outro

The brick still drips, the lane still bends But I'm still here, that's how it ends

Verse 1

Dry grass bends beneath my boots Climbing where the ground gets steep Every step I take is surer Knowing you're not far to seek

Pre-chorus

My legs are tired, my breath is thin But something in me wants to keep Climbing on to where you are

Chorus

Mason, you're the reason I don't rest You're the ground that holds me steady Every hill feels like a test Til I'm standing where you're waiting

Verse 2

The wind comes hard across the ridge Nothing up here stays polite But you're the reason I stay walking You're the calm I climb toward at night

Pre-chorus

My legs are tired, my breath is thin But something in me wants to keep Climbing on to where you are

Chorus

Mason, you're the reason I don't rest You're the ground that holds me steady Every hill feels like a test Til I'm standing where you're waiting

Bridge

I don't need the view from up here I just need you plain in sight You're not the peak, you're the reason I keep climbing through the night

Chorus

Mason, you're the reason I don't rest You're the ground that holds me steady Every hill feels like a test Til I'm standing where you're waiting

Outro

Dry grass bends beneath my boots Every path leads back to you

Verse 1

I watched the apples drop and bruise Nobody came to pick them up But you knelt down in all that mud And called it something worth the touch

Chorus

Mason, you never needed shine To make me want to stay You loved the parts that others left Mason, you kept the windfall day

Verse 2

Some things get sweeter turning soft You never flinched from what decayed You held the bruised and called it good And that's the kind of love that stayed

Pre-chorus

I used to think love needed shine Something polished, something bright But you knelt down and proved me wrong

Chorus

Mason, you never needed shine To make me want to stay You loved the parts that others left Mason, you kept the windfall day

Bridge

Let the good ones fall where they may I'm glad it's you who stayed to look Under branches gone half wild You found the sweetness no one took

Chorus

Mason, you never needed shine To make me want to stay You loved the parts that others left Mason, you kept the windfall day

Outro

Still there's an apple tree in me And still you're kneeling in the mud

Verse 1

Soot comes tumbling soft and slow down the old stone flue Settling like a sigh on the ash it's falling to And the fire is out now, the room has gone still But you are so warm here, safe beneath the sill

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the night has folded its wings round this house Every small sound outside has gone quiet as a mouse And my heart keeps time with the breath that you're taking

Chorus

Mason, my Mason, the dark is your basin Holding you gently, no reason for hasten You are the warmth that the cold cannot chasten Sleep now, my Mason, till morning is placin'

Verse 2

Somewhere the last of the embers are turning to grey Quiet as feathers that drift at the end of the day And nothing can reach you, no shadow, no chill You are the one thing this whole house loves still

Chorus

Mason, my Mason, the dark is your basin Holding you gently, no reason for hasten You are the warmth that the cold cannot chasten Sleep now, my Mason, till morning is placin'

Bridge

Let every worry fall soft as the soot falling down Let it land far away from this warm little town You are held closer than anything held before

Chorus

Mason, my Mason, the dark is your basin Holding you gently, no reason for hasten You are the warmth that the cold cannot chasten Sleep now, my Mason, till morning is placin'

Outro

The chimney stands quiet, the ash settled low and slow And you are the warmth that will still be here glow

Verse 1

The white wood breaks apart so softly behind the iron screen and you are already halfway into dreaming, warm and still I hold the quiet close around you like the gentlest scene and nothing in this room could ever mean you harm or ill

Chorus

Mason, the embers are falling so slowly and low sleep now, the night has gone soft at the edges close up your eyes, let the last of the light go you are held here, safe behind all of the hedges

Verse 2

The screen holds the fire back gentle, the way I hold you near every small spark that tumbles down is dimming out to rest and you don't need to carry one worry or one fear because you are the warmest thing curled up against my chest

Pre-chorus

The ash falls quiet, the room breathes slow and long nothing tonight will come to find you, nothing could be wrong so let your small hands loosen, let the hush become a song

Chorus

Mason, the embers are falling so slowly and low sleep now, the night has gone soft at the edges close up your eyes, let the last of the light go you are held here, safe behind all of the hedges

Bridge

Whatever the dark holds, it cannot reach where you lie I will keep watching the last of the light for you you are the reason the whole quiet house won't sigh

Chorus

Mason, the embers are falling so slowly and low sleep now, the night has gone soft at the edges close up your eyes, let the last of the light go you are held here, safe behind all of the hedges

Outro

The white wood settles to nothing behind the old screen and you sleep on, held closer than anything has ever been

Verse 1

Shadows of the maple leaf are drifting soft above you tracing little paths that only sleepy eyes can follow watch how gently they go sliding across the ceiling nothing in this room tonight is going to trouble you

Pre-chorus

Every little sound has gone as quiet as a feather the whole wide house is settling in around you now so let your breathing slow to match the dark and drifting weather

Chorus

Mason, the night has folded softly down around your bed hush now, there's nowhere safer than the pillow for your head Jason the moon might chase but Mason, sleep is chasing you close your eyes, my love, and let the quiet in instead

Verse 2

You are the warmest thing in this whole sleeping house tonight curled up small beneath the blankets, safe and out of sight let your small hands rest, there's nothing left for them to carry morning is a hundred slow, slow hours out of light

Chorus

Mason, the night has folded softly down around your bed hush now, there's nowhere safer than the pillow for your head Jason the moon might chase but Mason, sleep is chasing you close your eyes, my love, and let the quiet in instead

Bridge

Somewhere a bell is turning slow, so far it barely rings and everything that loves you folds its quiet wings

Chorus

Mason, the night has folded softly down around your bed hush now, there's nowhere safer than the pillow for your head Jason the moon might chase but Mason, sleep is chasing you close your eyes, my love, and let the quiet in instead

Outro

The leaf shapes on the wall have slowed to almost nothing now sleep well, small one, you are held and safe and warm somehow