Songs for Michaela

Verse 1

Your sleeves are wet up to the elbow Bubbles catch the kitchen light Water spills before you notice You laugh like it's no trouble at all

Chorus

Michaela, you steady my whole day Some kind of calm I can't explain away I watch you standing at the sink And know I'd choose this over any stellar view

Verse 2

You leave the tap running just a moment Lost in whatever song's in your head There's nothing special in this kitchen Except for the fact that you're in it

Pre-chorus

I could list a hundred reasons But they'd all come back to one You turn around, still smiling

Chorus

Michaela, you steady my whole day Some kind of calm I can't explain away I watch you standing at the sink And know I'd choose this over any stellar view

Bridge

No candlelight, no big occasion Just soap suds sliding down your wrist This is the love I didn't plan for The kind that stays after the rush

Chorus

Michaela, you steady my whole day Some kind of calm I can't explain away I watch you standing at the sink And know I'd choose this over any stellar view

Outro

The water's long gone cold and quiet But I'm still here, watching you shine

Verse 1

The picnic's done, the light gone soft We stayed past when the others left Crumbs on the cloth, red and worn thin You reached for my hand again

Chorus

Michaela, you make the small things stay I keep this hour, not let it fade away Rafaela never held me half so near Michaela, I want you always here

Verse 2

We fold the cloth, we leave no trace Only what's left inside this place You hum a tune I can't quite name I love you steady, I love you plain

Pre-chorus

No one else stayed this long with me No one else made quiet feel like company And now I'm reaching, before it's gone

Chorus

Michaela, you make the small things stay I keep this hour, not let it fade away Rafaela never held me half so near Michaela, I want you always here

Bridge

Some love is loud, some burns up fast Ours is the kind built to last Just crumbs and cloth and you and me

Chorus

Michaela, you make the small things stay I keep this hour, not let it fade away Rafaela never held me half so near Michaela, I want you always here

Outro

The cloth folds up, the crumbs brushed clean You're still the best thing I have seen

Verse 1

Frost is climbing up the pane I watch it lose against your heat You breathe once and the glass gives way Warmth finds you like it's obsolete

Chorus

Michaela, you're the warmth in the room Every cold thing bends when you're near Nothing about you feels like gloom Michaela, you make winter disappear

Verse 2

You hum low while the kettle waits I watch the steam climb toward your face Outside the frost still hesitates Inside there's only this warm space

Pre-chorus

I've stood in colder rooms than this Waited years for something real Then you walked in and changed what warm means

Chorus

Michaela, you're the warmth in the room Every cold thing bends when you're near Nothing about you feels like gloom Michaela, you make winter disappear

Bridge

Let the whole garden freeze tonight I've got your hand, I've got your light You never needed to prove you're rare

Chorus

Michaela, you're the warmth in the room Every cold thing bends when you're near Nothing about you feels like gloom Michaela, you make winter disappear

Outro

The glass has cleared, I see you plain You were always warmer than the pane