Songs for Nyla

Verse 1

Two cotton cases hang on the wire I watch them lean the same slow way You said that's us, and I believed it Both of us caught in the same soft sway

Pre-chorus

Nothing dramatic, nothing loud Just weight and wind and time And how you never let go of mine

Chorus

Nyla, you're the calm in every room You hold on soft but you hold on tight Nyla, I could name a hundred storms And still come home to you at night

Verse 2

The wind picks up and they knock together Then settle back the way we do I've stopped keeping score of who leans further I just know I keep leaning toward you

Pre-chorus

Nothing dramatic, nothing loud Just weight and wind and time And how you never let go of mine

Chorus

Nyla, you're the calm in every room You hold on soft but you hold on tight Nyla, I could name a hundred storms And still come home to you at night

Bridge

Some days the line goes slack and still Some days it pulls against the pin Either way I find you there Either way I'm bringing you in

Chorus

Nyla, you're the calm in every room You hold on soft but you hold on tight Nyla, I could name a hundred storms And still come home to you at night

Outro

Take the cases down at evening Fold them soft, the way we do

Verse 1

The blue mug sits beside the paper half the coffee gone since later I catch myself just watching you work something in me starts to lurk

Chorus

Nyla, you're the calm I lean on every ordinary hour becomes one Nyla, steady as the morning light you make the plainest day feel right

Verse 2

Stack of paper, nothing much to say but I notice how you start your day the way you hold that mug like it's home I never feel like I'm alone

Pre-chorus

Nothing here is loud or grand just your coffee, just your hand and something building, close at hand

Chorus

Nyla, you're the calm I lean on every ordinary hour becomes one Nyla, steady as the morning light you make the plainest day feel right

Bridge

Doesn't matter new or old this kind of love, it holds quiet as a cup gone cold still it's worth more than gold

Chorus

Nyla, you're the calm I lean on every ordinary hour becomes one Nyla, steady as the morning light you make the plainest day feel right

Outro

That mug still sits where you left it and I still love you, plain as it

Verse 1

The soup went cold on the stove Nobody moved to reheat it We just kept talking for hours You laughed and I lost the plot

Chorus

Nyla, this is easy with you Nothing we do feels like work Some kind of luck found me here Nyla, I'd choose you twice over

Verse 2

The spoon just sits where you left it Nobody's rushing to move it Some days we don't finish dinner We just stay and let the light go

Pre-chorus

I keep meaning to clear the table But you're still talking, so I stay Whatever this is, I want more of it

Chorus

Nyla, this is easy with you Nothing we do feels like work Some kind of luck found me here Nyla, I'd choose you twice over

Bridge

It's never the big things that hold me It's you, half listening, half smiling

Chorus

Nyla, this is easy with you Nothing we do feels like work Some kind of luck found me here Nyla, I'd choose you twice over

Outro

The soup's gone cold again tonight And I still wouldn't trade this for warm

Verse 1

There's a thin little glow that slips beneath the door spilling soft on the floor where you've slept before the whole house is hushed and settling down for you the dark isn't dark when the light's coming through

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the quiet pull you deep the house is breathing slow to match your sleep and nothing in the night is stronger than my love

Chorus

Nyla, sleep soft, the world can wait till day every worry of yours I'll gently sweep away Nyla, my own, wrapped up in the warm and still you are held so close, and always will

Verse 2

Somewhere past that door the lamp still burns for you a small patch of gold to say I'm watching too you don't have to know how far the morning is just rest in this moment, this hush, this bliss

Bridge

Even when you dream, I'm here, not far at all just beyond the light that falls along the wall you can let go now, there's nothing left to hold

Chorus

Nyla, sleep soft, the world can wait till day every worry of yours I'll gently sweep away Nyla, my own, wrapped up in the warm and still you are held so close, and always will

Outro

That same soft gold will still be there when you wake sleep now, love, there's nothing this night could ever take

Verse 1

The door holds all the darkness back while you stay warm and dry A cloud of breath is fading soft where your small hand pressed by Outside the night is wide and still, but nothing gets to you Rest now, the whole wide world can wait until the morning sky

Pre-chorus

Let every worry melt away like frost against the pane The house is breathing slow with you, and nothing feels like strain So close your eyes and drift along, there's nothing you must gain

Chorus

Nyla, the night is holding you the way I'm holding you now Nothing can reach you here, nothing can touch you now Sleep is a soft dark river and you're the gentlest sail Nyla, my quiet Nyla, I'll keep you safe somehow

Verse 2

A trace of warmth still lingers where your breath had touched the door Small proof that you were here and dreaming, nothing less, nothing more Even the glass remembers you, the shape your hand once made Sleep now, that warmth is with you still, it hasn't gone before

Chorus

Nyla, the night is holding you the way I'm holding you now Nothing can reach you here, nothing can touch you now Sleep is a soft dark river and you're the gentlest sail Nyla, my quiet Nyla, I'll keep you safe somehow

Bridge

Every soft and fading thing finds its way home tonight Even the mist upon the glass turns gentle in the light

Chorus

Nyla, the night is holding you the way I'm holding you now Nothing can reach you here, nothing can touch you now Sleep is a soft dark river and you're the gentlest sail Nyla, my quiet Nyla, I'll keep you safe somehow

Outro

Somewhere the glass has cleared and the small warm mark is gone But you are still my warmth, my Nyla, safe till dawn

Verse 1

One yellow lamp is glowing soft on the empty street below It holds its little circle steady against the dark and cold You are the warmest light that this quiet house will ever know And every corner settles once you are here to have and hold

Pre-chorus

The whole wide night is turning slow and gentle round your bed Hush now, let the hours grow softer as they drift and spread There is a calm that's waiting just to wrap around your head

Chorus

Nyla, the dark is only a blanket pulled up to your chin Nothing can touch you here where the quiet has let you in Nyla, you're held the way that lamplight holds the walking pin Close your eyes now, love is the warmth that you're breathing in

Verse 2

The lamp does not need company to keep its watch till dawn But you are never left to face the shadows on your own Somewhere a small light waits for you however far you've gone And it will burn there steady until the morning light has grown

Chorus

Nyla, the dark is only a blanket pulled up to your chin Nothing can touch you here where the quiet has let you in Nyla, you're held the way that lamplight holds the walking pin Close your eyes now, love is the warmth that you're breathing in

Bridge

Sleep can be soft as a coat that someone wraps around your frame Rest now, there is nothing waiting that could ever dim your name

Chorus

Nyla, the dark is only a blanket pulled up to your chin Nothing can touch you here where the quiet has let you in Nyla, you're held the way that lamplight holds the walking pin Close your eyes now, love is the warmth that you're breathing in

Outro

Somewhere that lamp still glows its circle soft upon the ground And you are held the same way, gently, safely, all around