Songs for Parker

Verse 1

Rain keeps tapping like it knows your name I'm stuck behind these taillights glowing red Every minute feels the same But I'm racing there to you instead

Pre-chorus

Windshield blurring, city turning slow Nothing's moving but my mind's ahead Getting closer to the glow

Chorus

Parker, tonight the whole street's ours Light every candle, blow them out You're the one who lights these hours We're not quiet, we're too loud

Verse 2

Wipers beating like a slow parade Counting down the lights until they're green You're the reason I'm not afraid Best thing this whole year's seen

Pre-chorus

Windshield blurring, city turning slow Nothing's moving but my mind's ahead Getting closer to the glow

Chorus

Parker, tonight the whole street's ours Light every candle, blow them out You're the one who lights these hours We're not quiet, we're too loud

Bridge

Every red light turns to green somehow Every year that passes makes you brighter You're worth every horn and every hour Nothing darker, you're the sparker

Chorus

Parker, tonight the whole street's ours Light every candle, blow them out You're the one who lights these hours We're not quiet, we're too loud

Outro

Rain still tapping, but I'm already here Happy birthday, Parker, hold me near

Verse 1

Boxes stacked up tall and neat Bags all lined in brown But nothing there could ever beat The joy you bring to town

Chorus

Parker, Parker, light the room Every year you shine much brighter Bring the candles, bring the tune Parker, you're the perfect marker

Verse 2

Glass can hold what's stacked inside But not what's in your heart You turn the ordinary tide And make the plain thing art

Pre-chorus

So raise your voice and raise it loud We've waited all year through Get ready now to sing it proud

Chorus

Parker, Parker, light the room Every year you shine much brighter Bring the candles, bring the tune Parker, you're the perfect marker

Bridge

Some years feel a little darker But you still make us glad No one lifts a room like Parker Best thing that we ever had

Chorus

Parker, Parker, light the room Every year you shine much brighter Bring the candles, bring the tune Parker, you're the perfect marker

Outro

Boxes fade and bags come down But you're the one that stays

Verse 1

An old key waits on the table dust on the wood, still able to open something nobody's found you're the reason this house feels stable

Chorus

Parker, light up the room tonight every corner catching the light brass frame shining, holding your name Parker, you make the dark feel right

Verse 2

Under glass the years keep turning frame gone warm from all that yearning you walked in and the whole place woke something in you keeps quietly burning

Pre-chorus

So blow the dust from off the keys let the old wood learn to breathe tonight belongs to you, so

Chorus

Parker, light up the room tonight every corner catching the light brass frame shining, holding your name Parker, you make the dark feel right

Bridge

Every year that table's set one more candle, one more debt we owe you for the way you shine we're not done thanking you yet

Chorus

Parker, light up the room tonight every corner catching the light brass frame shining, holding your name Parker, you make the dark feel right

Outro

The key still rests where you left it we hold the light, you gave it

Verse 1

The shed holds heat like a secret Green leaves lean in, softly wet I watch the beads slide and gather Same way my thoughts of you scatter

Pre-chorus

No rush here, no need to hurry Just warmth held close, never worry Something is building, soft and true

Chorus

Parker, you're the calm in my chest You make the quiet feel like rest Not every love needs to be loud Yours is steady, never showed off proud

Verse 2

Water gathers slow on the pane Nothing hurried, nothing plain You move through days the same soft way Still I notice you every day

Chorus

Parker, you're the calm in my chest You make the quiet feel like rest Not every love needs to be loud Yours is steady, never showed off proud

Bridge

Some things grow best behind glass Some loves hold and let the moment pass I'm glad it's you I'm holding still

Chorus

Parker, you're the calm in my chest You make the quiet feel like rest Not every love needs to be loud Yours is steady, never showed off proud

Outro

The leaves still drip, the air still warm You're the shelter I found in the storm

Verse 1

Two suitcases stood by the bench Nobody came to take the seat We let the morning take its time You made the waiting feel complete

Chorus

Parker, you're the calm I trust Every station finds you near Through the noise and through the rush Parker, you're the one thing clear

Verse 2

The bench stayed empty, gold and bare We didn't reach for our phones You looked at me like we had time Like we were building something known

Pre-chorus

I've watched you carry heavy things Never once let it show And still you turn to ask if I'm alright

Chorus

Parker, you're the calm I trust Every station finds you near Through the noise and through the rush Parker, you're the one thing clear

Bridge

Some loves are loud, some loves are quick Ours just sits and stays I'd choose this bench a hundred times If you were sat here always

Chorus

Parker, you're the calm I trust Every station finds you near Through the noise and through the rush Parker, you're the one thing clear

Outro

Two suitcases, still side by side Still waiting, still worth the wait

Verse 1

I keep the receiver near just in case you call tonight the clock above won't disappear and neither does this feeling, right

Pre-chorus

I've been sitting with the quiet counting seconds, holding still waiting on you starts a riot

Chorus

Parker, you're the voice I wait for steady when the room gets darker nothing here has felt so sure you're my sparker, Parker

Verse 2

The tablecloth has seen us talk through good news and through the bad you turn the smallest hour to gold you make the waiting feel less sad

Chorus

Parker, you're the voice I wait for steady when the room gets darker nothing here has felt so sure you're my sparker, Parker

Bridge

I don't need the world to move just your voice to find its mark you're the proof I didn't lose holding on inside the dark

Chorus

Parker, you're the voice I wait for steady when the room gets darker nothing here has felt so sure you're my sparker, Parker

Outro

The clock still ticks above the line but I'm not counting, you're still mine

Verse 1

A little blue flame is breathing softly under the kettle tonight Keeping the kitchen as warm as a hand held gentle and tight Sleep is already curling round your small and steady frame Nothing tonight can touch you, nothing dims your quiet light

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the whole house settles slow around your resting head Every small sound grows softer as the evening folds to bed And still that low blue light keeps watching over where you're led

Chorus

Parker, the night has wrapped you warm and safe from harm Somewhere a kettle waits to sing beneath a small blue charm You are the calmest thing in all this house tonight Sleep on, Parker, held inside my arm

Verse 2

Outside the window darker skies are settling soft and slow Nothing out there can reach you, nothing you need to know Curled up small beneath the blanket, breathing steady and low You are the warmest corner of the whole house's glow

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the whole house settles slow around your resting head Every small sound grows softer as the evening folds to bed And still that low blue light keeps watching over where you're led

Chorus

Parker, the night has wrapped you warm and safe from harm Somewhere a kettle waits to sing beneath a small blue charm You are the calmest thing in all this house tonight Sleep on, Parker, held inside my arm

Bridge

Nothing needs to hurry now, nothing needs to wake Let the whole wide world go still for one small dreamer's sake

Chorus

Parker, the night has wrapped you warm and safe from harm Somewhere a kettle waits to sing beneath a small blue charm You are the calmest thing in all this house tonight Sleep on, Parker, held inside my arm

Outro

Somewhere that small blue flame still flickers, low and true Sleep now, Parker, the whole night keeps its watch on you

Verse 1

A stripe of moonlight lies along the hallway floor tonight Waiting there so softly just to lead you home It found the pattern in the rug and turned it silver bright Because it knows this quiet house is yours alone

Pre-chorus

So let your eyes grow heavy as the hush comes creeping near Every small sound settles as the dark grows kind There is nothing waiting in the shadows here

Chorus

Parker, the light is turning softer than before Nothing in this house is darker than your rest Close your eyes, my Parker, safe behind the door Sleep is just a quiet place where you are blessed

Verse 2

The hallway holds its breath while all the rooms are turning still Every corner folding into gentle grey Somewhere down the carpet, dreaming waits with open arms until Morning finds a softer way to call you back to day

Bridge

Rest now, let the whole house lean in close around your bed Every worry loosens as the light grows thin and spread

Chorus

Parker, the light is turning softer than before Nothing in this house is darker than your rest Close your eyes, my Parker, safe behind the door Sleep is just a quiet place where you are blessed

Outro

The stripe of light will still be waiting when you wake Watching over you all night for goodness sake

Verse 1

The wicker creaks so softly in the corner of the room and the heavy wool is waiting to be tucked beneath your chin the night has drawn its curtain and it's asking nothing more just for you to rest your head the way you have before

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past the window all the noisy hours have gone and the dark is only quiet wrapping softly round the walls so let your breathing slow now while I stay here till the dawn

Chorus

Parker, Parker, let the light grow darker hush now in my arms you're safer than a locked and bolted marker every little worry, let it drift and let it fall Parker, you are loved by every corner of this small

Verse 2

The chair against the corner rocks a rhythm soft and slow like a heartbeat that has always known the way that you should go and the blanket holds the warmth in like a promise kept all night you can let the whole world dim now, you don't need the light

Chorus

Parker, Parker, let the light grow darker hush now in my arms you're safer than a locked and bolted marker every little worry, let it drift and let it fall Parker, you are loved by every corner of this small

Bridge

Sleep is just a boat that carries you where dreams are kind leave the day behind you, there is nothing left to find

Chorus

Parker, Parker, let the light grow darker hush now in my arms you're safer than a locked and bolted marker every little worry, let it drift and let it fall Parker, you are loved by every corner of this small

Outro

The wicker settles quiet now, its creaking soft and slow sleep well, my Parker, you are held wherever you may go