Songs for Nadia

Verse 1

The bottle rattles on the table Neon buzzing, half unstable You laugh and steady it with your hand Nothing here that I'd planned

Pre-chorus

It's not the lights or the noise It's how you hold your voice I feel it building, close to spilling

Chorus

Nadia, you're the reason I stay Long past closing, end of the day Nadia, nothing here feels small Not with you here at all

Verse 2

Salt shakers catching the glow You tell me things I already know But hearing them said in your way Makes we want to stay

Chorus

Nadia, you're the reason I stay Long past closing, end of the day Nadia, nothing here feels small Not with you here at all

Bridge

No candles, just the strip light hum Still it's the softest place I've come You make plain rooms feel chosen

Chorus

Nadia, you're the reason I stay Long past closing, end of the day Nadia, nothing here feels small Not with you here at all

Outro

The bottle's still there, catching light You're still the best part of my night

Verse 1

I leaned on railings gone to rust above the waves, all grey with dust the paint was chipping, cold and worn but you stood there like something just

Pre-chorus

I've watched the water change its face and still come back to the same place so let me tell you why I stay

Chorus

Nadia, you're the steady part the railing holding up my heart paint may flake but bone stays true Nadia, I'm still here with you

Verse 2

The sea below don't stay one way it turns from silver into grey but you're the rail that never moved through every kind of change of day

Chorus

Nadia, you're the steady part the railing holding up my heart paint may flake but bone stays true Nadia, I'm still here with you

Bridge

Let the paint peel, let it go I don't need the shine to know what's underneath was built to last and that's the part I'm holding close

Chorus

Nadia, you're the steady part the railing holding up my heart paint may flake but bone stays true Nadia, I'm still here with you

Outro

The waves keep turning, cold and slow I'm still the rail, still here, still yours

Verse 1

Two brass staplers, side by side You set them there this morning I love how you keep things tidy You turn plain work into something warm

Pre-chorus

Nothing fancy in what we do Just the hours we keep returning But something's rising when I look at you And I can feel it burning

Chorus

Nadia, you steady every room Katya could never hold a candle You clear the folders, chase the gloom I'm the one you learned to handle

Verse 2

Green folders stacked beside your hand You line them up with care I watch you work and understand This is the love that's always there

Chorus

Nadia, you steady every room Katya could never hold a candle You clear the folders, chase the gloom I'm the one you learned to handle

Bridge

Some folks need a grand piazza We just need this desk, this light You're my quiet, my regatta Steering easy through the night

Chorus

Nadia, you steady every room Katya could never hold a candle You clear the folders, chase the gloom I'm the one you learned to handle

Outro

Two staplers still sit waiting I'm still yours, and still grateful