Love Songs for Nigel

Verse 1

I drove here with nothing to buy just wanted the quiet, wanted the space you said meet me where the lot's gone dry and I'd know that trolley bay anyplace

Pre-chorus

Nobody else would wait this long in a cold lit stretch of white and grey but you hum me some unfinished song

Chorus

Nigel, you're the reason I still stay when the whole world empties out and shuts you keep me standing here anyway Nigel, you undo my doubts

Verse 2

The bay lines glow under one flickering lamp and you lean there like you own the ground nothing about this night feels damp when you're the only sound around

Bridge

Let them close the shutters, kill the lights I don't need a store to know what's true this whole car park could sit dark for nights and I'd still find my way to you

Chorus

Nigel, you're the reason I still stay when the whole world empties out and shuts you keep me standing here anyway Nigel, you undo my doubts

Outro

I'll always know that trolley bay it's where you taught me love can stay

Verse 1

Three glasses left warm on the radiator Nobody claims them till later Voices stacked up to the ceiling I keep finding my way back to you

Chorus

Nigel, you're the calm in every room Every party finds you soon You don't have to raise your voice Nigel, I still choose you

Verse 2

Someone's laughing loud by the window I lost my coat an hour ago Glasses sweat rings on the metal But my hand still knows where yours will be

Pre-chorus

The kitchen's full but I see through it Straight to you, and I mean it Every time the room gets loud

Chorus

Nigel, you're the calm in every room Every party finds you soon You don't have to raise your voice Nigel, I still choose you

Bridge

Quiet love or loud, it's still love Steady is the rarest kind of love No one else stands still like you do I noticed that the first night too

Chorus

Nigel, you're the calm in every room Every party finds you soon You don't have to raise your voice Nigel, I still choose you

Outro

Someone will pour those glasses out tomorrow I'll still be here, no need to borrow

Verse 1

Water drips down the metal tip Onto the sleeve of my old grey coat I feel it soak but I do not move You are the reason I stay afloat

Pre-chorus

You keep the rain from finding me I keep my shoulder close to you This little cover is all we need

Chorus

Nigel, you hold the whole sky back With one umbrella and steady hands No storm has ever made you crack Nigel, this is how love stands

Verse 2

Streets are shining, the light is soft Puddles catching the passing cars You laugh and pull me under again Like you are keeping me from the stars

Bridge

We could run, we could find some door But I would rather stay right here Wet sleeves, slow steps, nothing more Just you, this close, this near

Chorus

Nigel, you hold the whole sky back With one umbrella and steady hands No storm has ever made you crack Nigel, this is how love stands

Outro

The drip still falls on my old coat sleeve And still I never want to leave