Songs for Otto

Verse 1

Two wool coats folded on the chain Rust underneath them like a stain Nobody comes to move them on You left yours next to mine again

Pre-chorus

I keep finding small things you have touched I did not know I loved this much Something in me keeps on leaning your way

Chorus

Otto, you are the calm in every room No need for lightning, no need to loom Steady as an old anchor's throw I would know you in the dark, Otto

Verse 2

You never ask for much from me Just a seat, a quiet company Your hand finds mine without a look That is the whole of your history

Bridge

Some loves shout to prove they are real Ours just sits here, learning to heal No grand gesture, no fireworks thrown Just you, and how easy you feel

Chorus

Otto, you are the calm in every room No need for lightning, no need to loom Steady as an old anchor's throw I would know you in the dark, Otto

Outro

Two coats still folded on the chain I would leave mine there again

Verse 1

Blue tiles under the light we stood on Nothing special, just a floor and a wall But you laughed and the whole room woke up And I knew right then I'd follow you all

Pre-chorus

I don't need candles or a perfect view Just this hallway, just this hum, just you Something steady is starting to break through

Chorus

Otto, you're the calm I didn't plan for Under strip lights, plain and true Every ordinary floor turns golden Otto, when I'm standing next to you

Verse 2

The tiles hold our shadows a while longer Nobody's watching, it's just us two I forget what I came here to say Because saying it seems smaller than you

Chorus

Otto, you're the calm I didn't plan for Under strip lights, plain and true Every ordinary floor turns golden Otto, when I'm standing next to you

Bridge

No music playing, no reason to stay But we don't move, we don't walk away I've loved you in louder, brighter rooms But never so plain, never this way

Chorus

Otto, you're the calm I didn't plan for Under strip lights, plain and true Every ordinary floor turns golden Otto, when I'm standing next to you

Outro

Blue tiles still hold the shape of that night And I'm still here, still caught in that light

Verse 1

Brown curtains hold the night outside Orange light comes through, soft and wide I'm not watching the sign at all I'm watching how you lean on the wall

Pre-chorus

The room is small and the hour is late I never learned how to wait but with you it never feels like waiting

Chorus

Otto, you're the calm in the room Steady as that neon in the gloom Otto, whatever else the night brings You're still the truest of all things

Verse 2

We don't need music, we don't need talk Just the hush of a slow city block Your hand finds mine without a sound This is the safest place I've found

Pre-chorus

The room is small and the hour is late I never learned how to wait but with you it never feels like waiting

Chorus

Otto, you're the calm in the room Steady as that neon in the gloom Otto, whatever else the night brings You're still the truest of all things

Bridge

Let the sign outside keep burning slow You're the only light I need to know No grand words, just you right here That's enough to keep me near

Chorus

Otto, you're the calm in the room Steady as that neon in the gloom Otto, whatever else the night brings You're still the truest of all things

Outro

The curtains stay closed, the sign glows on This is where I want to belong

Verse 1

A little yellow moth is circling the lamp above your bed It only wants to rest there in the warmth and gentle light And I will stay here watching till your eyes grow soft and heavy Because you are the reason I am holding on so tight

Chorus

Otto, Otto, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this whole wide house would ever cross your door You are held so gently, Otto, deep within my mind Sleep now, little Otto, you are all that I adore

Verse 2

The moth has found its warm spot on the bulb above the pillow It doesn't need to wander when it's found the place it's from Just like you against my shoulder, soft as any low willow You are home before you're anywhere, my quiet little one

Pre-chorus

Let the wings above you settle, let the whole wide world grow still Every worry of the daytime melts away like breath on glass And I am here beside you now and always will be

Chorus

Otto, Otto, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this whole wide house would ever cross your door You are held so gently, Otto, deep within my mind Sleep now, little Otto, you are all that I adore

Bridge

Even when the lamp goes dark and the small wings settle down You will still be safe inside the warmth that we have built Nothing about this love of ours was ever borrowed, only found

Chorus

Otto, Otto, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this whole wide house would ever cross your door You are held so gently, Otto, deep within my mind Sleep now, little Otto, you are all that I adore

Outro

The moth has folded up its wings against the quiet glass Sleep now, Otto, sleep now, this whole soft night will hold you fast

Verse 1

Somewhere the sea is folding soft foam over stone Pulling it back so slowly nothing ever breaks Every wave that comes tonight has come to lay you down Quiet as the tide that never hurries when it wakes

Pre-chorus

Listen how the water forgets to make a sound Feel how the dark is holding you without a sound Close your eyes now, let the whole night settle round

Chorus

Otto, the water moves so slow tonight Rocking every pebble it will never leave behind Otto, you are further in than light Safe where the deep and quiet always seem to find

Verse 2

Under the foam the pebbles never ask for more Warm in a place the waves have smoothed for years and years You are the shape the whole sea learned to hold before Long before the night forgot to keep its edges clear

Bridge

Nothing out there needs an answer, nothing needs a name Only this slow rolling hush that calls you home again

Chorus

Otto, the water moves so slow tonight Rocking every pebble it will never leave behind Otto, you are further in than light Safe where the deep and quiet always seem to find

Outro

Let the foam keep sliding soft across the dark, dark stone You are already home, and never once alone

Verse 1

One small slipper is waiting quietly beside the open door soft and worn from all the walking that came before nobody needs it now that the house has gone so still it just stays there, keeping watch, the way I watch you more

Pre-chorus

The hallway light is dimming down to amber and to gold the whole wide house is folding in around you soft and slow and everything is settling down to hold you

Chorus

Otto, Otto, close your eyes and let the night come in feel it settle on your skin like something warm within you are held here, you are safe here, nothing here can harm you rest now, Otto, let the quiet finally begin

Verse 2

Somewhere down the hallway floorboards creak and then go still the whole world seems to lean in close to wrap around this room and even shadows here are gentle, soft along the wall they only want to watch you sleeping, calm beneath the moon

Chorus

Otto, Otto, close your eyes and let the night come in feel it settle on your skin like something warm within you are held here, you are safe here, nothing here can harm you rest now, Otto, let the quiet finally begin

Bridge

Every little sound tonight is only love, moving slow a whisper in the walls that says you're wanted, you are known

Chorus

Otto, Otto, close your eyes and let the night come in feel it settle on your skin like something warm within you are held here, you are safe here, nothing here can harm you rest now, Otto, let the quiet finally begin

Outro

That worn old slipper still keeps watch beside the open door sleep now, Otto, someone's always waiting close, forevermore