Love Songs for Phoenix

Verse 1

Water drips off the old brick lintel Falls the same slow way it always fell Onto the step, one small dark ring I keep coming back to you like that

Pre-chorus

I never needed fireworks or flame Just this steady thing without a name Something in me leans toward you now

Chorus

Phoenix, you're the calm behind my noise The quiet I keep coming home to choose Not every love needs to shout or climb Phoenix, mine just stays, and that's the truth

Verse 2

Some nights the rain won't ever stop Some nights I sit and watch it drop Wondering why I never tire of this You're the one thing I don't overthink

Bridge

Let the loud loves burn out fast I'll take the kind that's built to last You don't dazzle, you just stay That's the harder, better way

Chorus

Phoenix, you're the calm behind my noise The quiet I keep coming home to choose Not every love needs to shout or climb Phoenix, mine just stays, and that's the truth

Outro

Water still drips from that same old stone Slow as ever, and I'm still yours

Verse 1

Dry grass bends beneath the wind holds on tighter than you'd think that old fence post never moved and I feel the same for you

Chorus

Phoenix, you're the ground I know steady long after the storms go not the flash, not the display just the love that chose to stay

Verse 2

Slope runs quiet under grey skies nothing here needs to be wise you don't ask me to pretend you're the calm that doesn't end

Pre-chorus

I've seen loud love come undone watched it burn out by the sun what we've got just keeps on turning into

Chorus

Phoenix, you're the ground I know steady long after the storms go not the flash, not the display just the love that chose to stay

Bridge

Some things bend so they won't break that's the shape our love could take no need to shout it from the hill quiet as the fence post, still

Chorus

Phoenix, you're the ground I know steady long after the storms go not the flash, not the display just the love that chose to stay

Outro

The grass still bends beneath that post and I still choose you, most of all

Verse 1

Steam lifts off the colander now water ticking down the ceramic drain you hum something you half remember I watch you like it's not mundane

Pre-chorus

Nothing about tonight is rare just supper and the window fogged but I keep looking at you there

Chorus

Phoenix, you make the small hours matter steam and light and your hands still wet every plain thing turns to laughter Phoenix, I haven't loved like this yet

Verse 2

You wipe the counter without looking talking about nothing much at all I could listen to it forever the way your voice just holds a room

Pre-chorus

Nothing about tonight is rare just supper and the window fogged but I keep looking at you there

Chorus

Phoenix, you make the small hours matter steam and light and your hands still wet every plain thing turns to laughter Phoenix, I haven't loved like this yet

Bridge

I've loved you in the loud rooms too but this is where I know it's true

Chorus

Phoenix, you make the small hours matter steam and light and your hands still wet every plain thing turns to laughter Phoenix, I haven't loved like this yet

Outro

Steam will always fog that window I'll always want you standing there