Songs for Ophelia

Verse 1

Green chairs bolted where we sat the machine gone dark and flat you rested your head on my shoulder I said there's nowhere better than that

Pre-chorus

The hour was late, the light gone thin but I wasn't watching the clock again I was watching you

Chorus

Ophelia, you steady my chest stay a while, you're more than the rest the room can stay empty and cold Ophelia, I still call it blessed

Verse 2

No coins left, no button to press just your hand finding mine to hold the vending light had long since died but you were warm, and that's the whole

Pre-chorus

The hour was late, the light gone thin but I wasn't watching the clock again I was watching you

Chorus

Ophelia, you steady my chest stay a while, you're more than the rest the room can stay empty and cold Ophelia, I still call it blessed

Bridge

Doesn't matter where we're sat plastic chairs or something grand I'd choose this quiet over noise if it means you're near at hand

Chorus

Ophelia, you steady my chest stay a while, you're more than the rest the room can stay empty and cold Ophelia, I still call it blessed

Outro

Some night we'll sit on better chairs but I'll still choose you over there

Verse 1

I push a trolley through the rain past puddles nobody wanted to see but you make the broken wheel feel fine because you're right here walking with me

Chorus

Ophelia, you steady my chest when the whole world feels like a chore Nothing about you asks to impress and that's what I keep coming back for

Verse 2

The gravel bites under my shoes and the sky won't give us a thing but you laugh at the state of my coat and that's worth more than anything

Pre-chorus

You don't need the light to be kind you don't need the day to behave I just need you close, one more time

Chorus

Ophelia, you steady my chest when the whole world feels like a chore Nothing about you asks to impress and that's what I keep coming back for

Bridge

No one's watching this car park tonight just us and the cold and the grey but you hold my hand like it's easy and easy is hard to come by

Chorus

Ophelia, you steady my chest when the whole world feels like a chore Nothing about you asks to impress and that's what I keep coming back for

Outro

Some trolley's still stuck in a puddle but I'm not standing there alone

Verse 1

Leaves stuck fast to my heel nothing shakes loose how I feel I walked the whole block through the rain just to think your name again

Pre-chorus

I could scrape this pavement clean still find you caught in between every step keeps leading home

Chorus

Ophelia, you stay with me like the leaf won't leave the tree Ophelia, however far I roam you're the one that calls me home

Verse 2

Tarmac shining after rain holds the print of where I've lain thinking how you hold me too gentle, sure, the way leaves do

Chorus

Ophelia, you stay with me like the leaf won't leave the tree Ophelia, however far I roam you're the one that calls me home

Bridge

Some loves wash off in the weather mine just holds on tighter, better you're the one thing I don't lose

Chorus

Ophelia, you stay with me like the leaf won't leave the tree Ophelia, however far I roam you're the one that calls me home

Outro

Still one leaf stuck to my shoe still my whole heart stuck on you

Verse 1

The tyres turn so slowly on the gravel by the trees and the branches lean above us in the softest breeze you are curled up warm beside me, nothing needs to stir every mile tonight is quiet, every road is sure

Chorus

Ophelia, close your eyes now, let the night be still there is nowhere you should be but here upon this hill Ophelia, you are treasured more than you could ever see sleep and know that you are loved as deeply as can be

Verse 2

The wet stones hush the wheels until we barely make a sound and the dark leans low and gentle wrapping softly all around nothing hurries where we're going, nothing needs to rush or fly you can rest inside this moment, let the whole wide world go by

Pre-chorus

Listen to the slow wheels turning, calm and even, calm and true feel how nothing in this darkness means a single harm to you hold that feeling closer, closer, let it carry you to

Chorus

Ophelia, close your eyes now, let the night be still there is nowhere you should be but here upon this hill Ophelia, you are treasured more than you could ever see sleep and know that you are loved as deeply as can be

Bridge

Somewhere branches dip so low they brush the roof above cradling this small journey like a promise, like a love nothing far and nothing waiting, only this soft ride

Chorus

Ophelia, close your eyes now, let the night be still there is nowhere you should be but here upon this hill Ophelia, you are treasured more than you could ever see sleep and know that you are loved as deeply as can be

Outro

The wheels have slowed to nothing now, the branches still and low rest here in the quiet, dear, and let the whole world go

Verse 1

The wool slides soft across the denim on my knee Rain taps the window like it's humming just for you Nothing out there can reach this quiet little room There's no place safer in the world than here with me, Ophelia

Pre-chorus

Your breathing slows to match the rain against the glass Your small hand curls around a thread of grey and blue Hold on to nothing, let the whole wide night pass through

Chorus

Ophelia, the dark is only resting, not unkind Every raindrop falls to say that you are seen Somewhere warm is where you'll always be, Ophelia Sleep now, you're the softest thing this house has ever known

Verse 2

The lamp is low and everything it touches turns to gold Denim holds the warmth of hands that won't let go Listen how the rain forgets to ever knock too loud It only wants to keep you company till you're gone under, Ophelia

Bridge

Wherever this rain has been, it came here to find you Every thread I've pulled tonight was pulled to keep you warm

Chorus

Ophelia, the dark is only resting, not unkind Every raindrop falls to say that you are seen Somewhere warm is where you'll always be, Ophelia Sleep now, you're the softest thing this house has ever known

Outro

The wool has stilled, the rain has softened to a hush Sleep now, Ophelia, you were loved before the dark began

Verse 1

There's a thin little light tucked under where you're lying small and steady, it never makes a sound it just wanted to stay close while you're sleeping holding still while the dark wraps gently round

Pre-chorus

Nothing needs to move now, nothing needs to stir the whole room is breathing slow around your rest and something quiet is watching over you

Chorus

Ophelia, the light beneath you keeps its glow just for you, so soft, so low you are held by more than you can see Ophelia, sleep on, safe as safe can be

Verse 2

Somewhere past your pillow the whole house settles down every corner leaning in to keep you warm you don't have to know why you feel so certain only that no small thing can come to harm

Chorus

Ophelia, the light beneath you keeps its glow just for you, so soft, so low you are held by more than you can see Ophelia, sleep on, safe as safe can be

Bridge

Let your breathing find that long slow tide let your hands go loose, let your eyes stay closed there is nothing out here bigger than this quiet

Chorus

Ophelia, the light beneath you keeps its glow just for you, so soft, so low you are held by more than you can see Ophelia, sleep on, safe as safe can be

Outro

That small light will still be glowing when you wake soft as ever, holding steady just for you