Songs for Naomi

Verse 1

Six plastic chairs, nowhere else Machines humming low and slow We sit here waiting for you Only you make this place glow

Pre-chorus

Something's turning, something's near Hear the drums begin to swell We've been counting down the year

Chorus

Naomi, light up this room Nobody sees us quite like you Every horn tonight says bloom Naomi, we're cheering for you

Verse 2

The washers spin their same old tune Chairs still creak the way they did We keep coming back too soon Just to sit beside you here

Pre-chorus

Something's turning, something's near Hear the drums begin to swell We've been counting down the year

Chorus

Naomi, light up this room Nobody sees us quite like you Every horn tonight says bloom Naomi, we're cheering for you

Bridge

Blow the trumpets, bang the drum Let the whole room learn your name Wherever you are, we come Nothing here feels quite the same

Chorus

Naomi, light up this room Nobody sees us quite like you Every horn tonight says bloom Naomi, we're cheering for you

Outro

Six chairs still circled round This is still your place to shine

Verse 1

Plates stacked up by the motor oil You keep this whole place running smooth Nobody claps when the engine starts But we all know it, you're the spark

Pre-chorus

So tonight we're turning the workshop bright Pull the cover off the candlelight Get ready now, here comes your night

Chorus

Naomi, Naomi, lift your cup Whole room's loud, we won't shut up Nobody built a heart like you Naomi, this one's overdue

Verse 2

You hand out plates before you eat Always giving up your seat Grease on your hands, gold in your chest We came here to say you're the best

Pre-chorus

So tonight we're turning the workshop bright Pull the cover off the candlelight Get ready now, here comes your night

Chorus

Naomi, Naomi, lift your cup Whole room's loud, we won't shut up Nobody built a heart like you Naomi, this one's overdue

Bridge

Every year you carry us through Tonight it's our turn to carry you Sing it loud so you finally hear How much you're loved, standing right here

Chorus

Naomi, Naomi, lift your cup Whole room's loud, we won't shut up Nobody built a heart like you Naomi, this one's overdue

Outro

Stack the plates, let the engines rest Happy birthday to the very best

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up under canvas Bright as the sun above You walk through like you own it Nobody doubts what we feel is love

Pre-chorus

Every year the light comes round Every year you steady the ground So let the whole street hear the sound

Chorus

Naomi, the day is yours now Colour spilling everywhere you go Nobody here could ever doubt you We see you, Naomi, we know you glow

Verse 2

Fruit piled high past the awning Sweet enough to make you smile You never asked for the fuss But we would walk that extra mile

Chorus

Naomi, the day is yours now Colour spilling everywhere you go Nobody here could ever doubt you We see you, Naomi, we know you glow

Bridge

Pass the sweetness round the table Pass the joy from hand to hand Every year we love you steadier Every year we understand

Chorus

Naomi, the day is yours now Colour spilling everywhere you go Nobody here could ever doubt you We see you, Naomi, we know you glow

Outro

Boxes empty, canopy folding Still the warmth stays, still it grows

Verse 1

Two fingers found one spine yours landed just above mine Neither of us said a word but something in the room stirred

Pre-chorus

I felt it move down my hand a small and certain demand pulling me toward what you know

Chorus

Naomi, you steady, you slow me you're the only one who could know me Every shelf I've stood at feels lit since your hand found where mine had been

Verse 2

You keep the pages you love bent like proof of where your heart went I want to be a line like that folded soft where your thumb sat

Bridge

No grand plan brought us here just a shelf, a breath, then clear I didn't choose to feel this way it simply grew and chose to stay

Chorus

Naomi, you steady, you slow me you're the only one who could know me Every shelf I've stood at feels lit since your hand found where mine had been

Outro

Two fingers, one spine, one place that's still the whole of what I chase

Verse 1

I found one coin left in my coat dropped it in the slot for you dialled you in the dark alone just to hear the line ring through

Pre-chorus

The box goes cold around my hand the glass is fogged, the street is bare but none of that matters when

Chorus

Naomi, the coin drops slow for you every time I call you're worth the wait you're the voice that pulls me through Naomi, you're never running late

Verse 2

Other nights I'd hang up first scared of what my voice might show now I feed the box again just to let you hear me slow

Bridge

No one taught me how to say it plain so I say it with the coins I spend every call's the same request stay upon the other end

Chorus

Naomi, the coin drops slow for you every time I call you're worth the wait you're the voice that pulls me through Naomi, you're never running late

Outro

One more coin left in my coat I'll spend it too, to hear you glow

Verse 1

Rain came down and caught us out stood under tin with nowhere else canvas shoes gone through at the toe you laughed like that was nothing now

Pre-chorus

I could count the drips all night just to keep you standing here that's the kind of quiet I want

Chorus

Naomi, you don't have to try every plain thing feels like the sky stay with me under this old roof I'm not going, not you and I

Verse 2

Your shoes are soaked right through mine are worse, I don't care at all water finds the smallest gaps but it never once got between us two

Bridge

No grand plan, no clever line just this roof and this small light I'd stand here till the weather turns if it means you're standing beside me

Chorus

Naomi, you don't have to try every plain thing feels like the sky stay with me under this old roof I'm not going, not you and I

Outro

The rain will stop, the ground will dry but I'll still be the one close by

Verse 1

Somewhere the moths are brushing softly on the glass tonight Wings like whispers folding shadows into gentle light You are the warmth that keeps the whole wide dark from getting in You are the calm this quiet house was always waiting for

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the hours grow slow and low The rain is humming something soft the piano seems to know Sleep is coming closer now, so soft, so warm, so near

Chorus

Naomi, the night is only kindness leaning near you Every little sound out there is here to shelter, not to scare you Naomi, I will hold the quiet till the morning comes to know you Nothing in this soft dark house will ever let you go

Verse 2

The greenhouse holds its breath while every small wing settles down Glass keeps the cold outside and lets the warmth stay wrapped around You are the one this whole night curls itself to keep from harm You are the reason even shadows learn to soften and be calm

Chorus

Naomi, the night is only kindness leaning near you Every little sound out there is here to shelter, not to scare you Naomi, I will hold the quiet till the morning comes to know you Nothing in this soft dark house will ever let you go

Bridge

Rest your small hands, let the whole world hush and slow Nothing you must carry now, nothing you must know

Chorus

Naomi, the night is only kindness leaning near you Every little sound out there is here to shelter, not to scare you Naomi, I will hold the quiet till the morning comes to know you Nothing in this soft dark house will ever let you go

Outro

Somewhere the moths are folding into sleep against the pane You are held here safely till the morning comes again

Verse 1

A quiet light is turning slow across the whitewashed wall it climbs so soft it barely makes a sound at all it pauses like it wants to stay and I am here to catch you if you fall

Pre-chorus

The house breathes low around us and the dark is turning kind the whole wide world can wait outside while sleep begins to find

Chorus

Naomi, the night is only holding you tonight hush now, let the little lamp glow soft and low ,everything is closer than it seems, and you can trust it so rest here, Naomi, and let the whole world know you

Verse 2

The beam moves on so gently that it hardly seems to go it leaves a warmth behind it like the embers left to glow it circles back to find you again the way I always will, as you should know

Pre-chorus

The house breathes low around us and the dark is turning kind the whole wide world can wait outside while sleep begins to find

Chorus

Naomi, the night is only holding you tonight hush now, let the little lamp glow soft and low everything is closer than it seems, and you can trust it so rest here, Naomi, and let the whole world know you

Bridge

Sleep and let the turning light keep watch a while for you nothing you could dream tonight could ever slip below you

Chorus

Naomi, the night is only holding you tonight hush now, let the little lamp glow soft and low everything is closer than it seems, and you can trust it so rest here, Naomi, and let the whole world know you

Outro

The light will keep on turning soft long after you are sleeping and I'll be here to watch it with you, close and keeping

Verse 1

A small blue light is resting where your head will softly land it waits there just to warm the place before you drift so low nothing in this room would ever want to do you harm and every hush tonight was made to help your breathing slow

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the small blue glow be all you see the dark outside can never find you tucked in here with me so let the last light fade and let it gently carry you

Chorus

Naomi, the night is holding you so near and warm nothing here will ever wake you, nothing means you harm I will stay until the morning, quiet as the glow below me you are safe here, you are loved here, sleep now, Naomi

Verse 2

The pillow keeps the colour of the lamp we leave for you a little patch of blue to tell you morning's on its way nothing needs to hurry now, no reason to be slow just the soft shape of the light until the break of day

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the small blue glow be all you see the dark outside can never find you tucked in here with me so let the last light fade and let it gently carry you

Chorus

Naomi, the night is holding you so near and warm nothing here will ever wake you, nothing means you harm I will stay until the morning, quiet as the glow below me you are safe here, you are loved here, sleep now, Naomi

Bridge

Even when the lamp goes dark and quiet takes the room I am close, I am not leaving, you were never on your own

Chorus

Naomi, the night is holding you so near and warm nothing here will ever wake you, nothing means you harm I will stay until the morning, quiet as the glow below me you are safe here, you are loved here, sleep now, Naomi

Outro

The blue light fades so gently on the pillow where you rest sleep now, you are held, you are wanted, you are loved the best