Songs for Paige

Verse 1

I found you in the back corner light Where the water takes its time Nothing about you ever needed to be right You just moved slow, and it felt like mine

Pre-chorus

You never rushed to prove it true No hurry in the way you stay I have watched patience look like you And it's leading me somewhere I want to say

Chorus

Paige, you don't have to shout to be certain Steady is a kind of grace Some loves burn and drop the curtain Ours just drips like water finding its place, Paige

Verse 2

I used to think that love should race Loud and fast and hard to trust Now I like the way you take your space Rust don't hurry, and it don't have to rust

Chorus

Paige, you don't have to shout to be certain Steady is a kind of grace Some loves burn and drop the curtain Ours just drips like water finding its place, Paige

Bridge

Let the years come slow and strange I don't need a sudden blaze Some things are better left to age Some things get better with the wait

Chorus

Paige, you don't have to shout to be certain Steady is a kind of grace Some loves burn and drop the curtain Ours just drips like water finding its place, Paige

Outro

Still that pipe drips in the corner Still I'm glad I stayed

Verse 1

The table's cleared but you're still sitting plates stacked up, forks laid down everyone else has drifted off and you're the one who stays around

Chorus

Paige, you never rush to leave the bowl goes cold, we let it wait there's nowhere better I would be Paige, I love this kind of late

Verse 2

You laugh about the food gone cold say we should've eaten first nobody else would sit this long but you don't seem to mind the wait

Pre-chorus

It's not the party that I miss it's not the mess we'll clean up soon it's you, still here when it winds down

Chorus

Paige, you never rush to leave the bowl goes cold, we let it wait there's nowhere better I would be Paige, I love this kind of late

Bridge

Everyone goes home eventually you're the one who lingers here that says more than any toast could that says exactly why you're dear

Chorus

Paige, you never rush to leave the bowl goes cold, we let it wait there's nowhere better I would be Paige, I love this kind of late

Outro

The plates are empty, table's bare and Paige, I'm glad that you're still there

Verse 1

I put my hand against the wall Old mortar breaking, starting to fall But you stand steady, you stand true Nothing crumbles when I'm next to you

Pre-chorus

I've been braced against the storm Looking for a place that's warm Then I feel you calling me home

Chorus

Paige, you're the reason I don't break You hold me steady, come what may Through every crumbling, falling wall Paige, you're the one who catches it all

Verse 2

My knuckles ache against the stone But with you I'm never alone You brush the dust right off my skin And build me stronger than I've been

Bridge

Every wall we've leaned on wears thin But love keeps building, love lets us in So let the old brick fall away I'm not afraid with you to stay

Chorus

Paige, you're the reason I don't break You hold me steady, come what may Through every crumbling, falling wall Paige, you're the one who catches it all

Outro

My hand still rests against that wall But it's your love that won't let me fall

Verse 1

Orange light slides over scratches on the window by your head Every flicker finds you drifting further down instead Nothing out there needs to wake you, nothing out there stays So let the whole world blur and soften into greys

Chorus

Paige, the night is carrying you gently while you rest Close your eyes, my love, you always pass this test Paige, there is nothing waiting past this quiet stage Just sleep and me and this small, moving cage

Verse 2

The engine hums a lullaby it learned from rocking chairs Every little bump just says that someone still cares Lights go sliding, sliding, gold across your sleepy face There is no hurry here, we are not in any race

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let your breathing slow to match the wheels below Let the passing lamps be all the stars you need to know Rest against me now, and let the gentle rhythm grow

Chorus

Paige, the night is carrying you gently while you rest Close your eyes, my love, you always pass this test Paige, there is nothing waiting past this quiet stage Just sleep and me and this small, moving cage

Bridge

Wherever this road bends, I will be bending with you Whatever waits at the end, I will carry you through it too

Chorus

Paige, the night is carrying you gently while you rest Close your eyes, my love, you always pass this test Paige, there is nothing waiting past this quiet stage Just sleep and me and this small, moving cage

Outro

The lights go on sliding gently, softer now than any sound Sleep, my Paige, you are already safe, already found

Verse 1

Somewhere a radio hums low between two far away voices Its quiet static drifting soft across this darkened room You rest so easy while the whole wide world just fizzes Nothing out there tonight can touch you, little Paige, or loom

Chorus

Paige, my hush, my slow unwinding hour Paige, you settle deeper than the night Nobody's static ever had this power To hold a small warm heart so safe and light

Verse 2

That gentle crackle sounds like distant tides upon a shoreline Rolling in and out beneath your steady breathing chest Under blankets warm you drift beyond the day's slow border Sinking soft and sure into your well earned rest

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the humming carry you off slowly Nothing sharp or sudden waits behind that quiet sound There's only warmth and dark and me still watching over

Chorus

Paige, my hush, my slow unwinding hour Paige, you settle deeper than the night Nobody's static ever had this power To hold a small warm heart so safe and light

Bridge

Between the voices there is only breath and stillness No station calling louder than your name Hold onto nothing, only sleep and this small kindness

Chorus

Paige, my hush, my slow unwinding hour Paige, you settle deeper than the night Nobody's static ever had this power To hold a small warm heart so safe and light

Outro

Somewhere that radio still hums low between two stations You are the quiet at the centre of it all

Verse 1

A thin gold line is drifting slowly underneath the door and tiny bits of light are turning soft across the floor nothing out there needs you now, so let your eyes grow heavy you are the one I would keep watching over evermore

Pre-chorus

The house has gone as quiet as a held and gentle breath the dust turns slow like something dancing right before it rests so let your small hands loosen, let the day slip out of reach

Chorus

Paige, the whole wide dark is holding you so tender and so near every little worry of the day has nowhere left to steer you are safe as morning waiting just behind the window pane close your eyes now, Paige, there's nothing you should ever fear

Verse 2

Somewhere past the door the lamp is burning low and staying kind it never says a word but still it keeps you in my mind you don't have to hold on tight to anything tonight just let the warm and golden hush come drifting in like time

Bridge

Every speck of light that turns is turning just for you holding still a little longer than it ever has to do

Chorus

Paige, the whole wide dark is holding you so tender and so near every little worry of the day has nowhere left to steer you are safe as morning waiting just behind the window pane close your eyes now, Paige, there's nothing you should ever fear

Outro

The light beneath the door will still be there when you wake up so rest now in the gold it leaves, however small, however slow