Love Songs for Max

• Pegs on the Wire

  Chamber folk · Chamber · Cello · Delicate

  A quiet chamber folk love song built from the small, ordinary act of hanging washing in the heat, and how being near someone can feel like enough.

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  Verse 1

  Wooden pegs click down the line Afternoon sun on your back Nothing here needs to be fixed You hum while the sheets sway and climb

  Pre-chorus

  I watch you work without a word No reason to call out your name But it's rising up in me now

  Chorus

  Max, the heat can't slow you down You move like you've got no cause to frown Steady hands on ordinary tasks Max, I'd follow you around

  Verse 2

  You fold the towels wrong on purpose Just to make me smile at the stacks Some days love is simple as this No grand thing, no fireworks, no fanfax

  Chorus

  Max, the heat can't slow you down You move like you've got no cause to frown Steady hands on ordinary tasks Max, I'd follow you around

  Bridge

  Let the wire hold what it can Let the sun do what it does I'm not asking for more than this Just you, still here, just as you was

  Chorus

  Max, the heat can't slow you down You move like you've got no cause to frown Steady hands on ordinary tasks Max, I'd follow you around

  Outro

  The pegs still click along that wire And I still can't look away from you

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• Two Jumpers on the Wall

  Irish air · Irish · Whistle · Lilting

  A quiet Irish air about steady, unshowy love, built from the small image of two jumpers left on a wall along a familiar path.

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  Verse 1

  We left our jumpers on the wall the path still warm beneath our feet the sky was doing what it does but you're the one I came to meet

  Pre-chorus

  I don't need a grand gesture I don't need the world to see just you, walking easy beside me

  Chorus

  Max, you're the one I choose again every morning, every day some go looking for the fireworks I found you and I'll stay

  Verse 2

  The wool held the shape of our shoulders long after we had walked ahead funny how a thing can hold you the way you hold me instead

  Bridge

  No need to make a big thing of it this is just how we run steady as the hills around us quiet love has never been undone

  Chorus

  Max, you're the one I choose again every morning, every day some go looking for the fireworks I found you and I'll stay

  Outro

  Someone will come along the path and find our jumpers on the wall

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• Fingers on the Sleeves

  Gospel soul · Gospel · Organ · Rising

  A quiet gospel soul love song for anyone named Max, built from the small act of tracing old record sleeves and finding a whole life inside that closeness.

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  Verse 1

  I trace the sleeves inside the crate and every one still holds your name you built this stack with steady hands and slow, my heart caught up in flame

  Chorus

  Max, you're the song I keep on repeat hold me close, don't let this end every record spins back to your voice Max, you're my oldest, truest friend

  Verse 2

  You hummed while sorting through the stack I watched you like a favourite track the dust falls soft like it's a sign that what we built, it's built to last

  Pre-chorus

  I don't need the whole collection just the one who stayed and played something's rising, no correction

  Chorus

  Max, you're the song I keep on repeat hold me close, don't let this end every record spins back to your voice Max, you're my oldest, truest friend

  Bridge

  No need to skip ahead or fast forward you're the b side I adore every needle drop feels like coming home

  Chorus

  Max, you're the song I keep on repeat hold me close, don't let this end every record spins back to your voice Max, you're my oldest, truest friend

  Outro

  I'll keep tracing sleeves for years Max, you're the one I'm keeping near

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