Songs for Phyllis

Verse 1

The concrete bites but we stay put Your foot beside mine, cold to hot We don't say much, we never do Something in that I trust like proof

Pre-chorus

I could go inside where it's warm But I'd rather freeze here with you So I'm staying right where I am

Chorus

Phyllis, you make the quiet kind No need for chalice, crown or shrine Just this stoop and just this hour Phyllis, you're the steady find

Verse 2

You laugh low when my toes go numb Lean your shoulder into mine We watch the street do nothing much I wouldn't trade this for a palace

Chorus

Phyllis, you make the quiet kind No need for chalice, crown or shrine Just this stoop and just this hour Phyllis, you're the steady find

Bridge

No malice in you, only room Room enough for me to land I didn't know I needed this Until you took my hand

Chorus

Phyllis, you make the quiet kind No need for chalice, crown or shrine Just this stoop and just this hour Phyllis, you're the steady find

Outro

Cold stoop, warm hand, steady heart This is enough, this is the start

Verse 1

Two cups on a green railing Both of us too warm to speak You told me some story trailing And I forgot the coffee week

Pre-chorus

Nothing about that day was grand But you were easy in my hand And something in me had to say

Chorus

Phyllis, you're the calm I chose No malice ever in your eyes Steady as a garden rose You're the reason mornings rise

Verse 2

The ice was melting down the cup We watched it slide and pool and stall You didn't rush to pick it up You let the quiet hold it all

Pre-chorus

I've known noise that never spoke I've known love that felt like smoke But you just sat there, plain and true

Chorus

Phyllis, you're the calm I chose No malice ever in your eyes Steady as a garden rose You're the reason mornings rise

Bridge

Years might come and change the weather Cups grow cold, we sit here still No palace built could hold us better Than this railing, come what will

Chorus

Phyllis, you're the calm I chose No malice ever in your eyes Steady as a garden rose You're the reason mornings rise

Outro

The railing's cold, the cups long gone Your hand's still warm, and I hold on

Verse 1

Two red baskets stacked too high Balanced on tins, about to fly You caught them both without a word Steadiest hands I've ever seen or heard

Pre-chorus

You make the hard things simple somehow No fuss, no fear, no furrowed brow That's the kind of love I'm leaning into now

Chorus

Phyllis, you hold the weight so well No palace could ring louder than this bell Phyllis, there's no malice in your name Just steady love that stays right where it came

Verse 2

I've dropped my share of things before You never once walked out the door You just reached out and took the fall Made the heaviest days feel small

Bridge

I don't need palaces or gold Just your hands on what I hold Every ordinary thing feels less alone With you it finally feels like home

Chorus

Phyllis, you hold the weight so well No palace could ring louder than this bell Phyllis, there's no malice in your name Just steady love that stays right where it came

Outro

The tins still wobble, the baskets sway You're still the reason nothing falls away

Verse 1

Heavy drops are sliding slow along the misted pane tonight and the little clouds of warmth are gathering soft in candlelight every trembling drop outside is answered by your breath so near nothing in this quiet room could ever bring you fear

Pre-chorus

The glass is growing cloudy where the warm meets cold outside but you are wrapped in blankets where the soft and safe reside so let your eyes grow heavy as the hush begins to rise

Chorus

Phyllis, the rain is only singing you to rest hush now, you are held here, you are always blessed nothing but the night air and the window's gentle haze Phyllis, you are cradled through the quietest of days

Verse 2

Watch the fog it gathers where our breathing meets the cold every little circle is a story left untold you are warm and steady while the weather taps so light there is nowhere safer than this room, this bed, tonight

Bridge

Let the glass stay misty, let the drops keep falling slow you are held here closer than the warmth could ever show nothing outside matters while you're wrapped up soft like this

Chorus

Phyllis, the rain is only singing you to rest hush now, you are held here, you are always blessed nothing but the night air and the window's gentle haze Phyllis, you are cradled through the quietest of days

Outro

The glass has clouded over, soft and warm against the chill sleep now, little one, the rain is falling still

Verse 1

Two silver lights are drifting past the dark and quiet glass They blink so soft and far away, then gently they are gone Nothing out there in the night has any power over you Sleep is a small warm room and you are safe inside it, Phyllis

Pre-chorus

The lights outside are only passing, they were never staying long Your breathing slows to something even, deeper than a sigh Hold on to nothing but the hush that's settling all around you

Chorus

Phyllis, close your eyes now, let the whole wide house grow still There's nothing in the dark tonight that means you any harm Sleep will carry you so gently over every little hill Phyllis, you are held here, safe and steady in my arm

Verse 2

The glass is cool and quiet, holding back the wind outside While you are warm beneath the blanket, breathing slow and deep Every light that passes by is winking you goodnight And leaves you to the softness of a long and easy sleep

Chorus

Phyllis, close your eyes now, let the whole wide house grow still There's nothing in the dark tonight that means you any harm Sleep will carry you so gently over every little hill Phyllis, you are held here, safe and steady in my arm

Bridge

Rest now, let the night be nothing but a gentle friend Nobody could love you more than you are loved this minute

Chorus

Phyllis, close your eyes now, let the whole wide house grow still There's nothing in the dark tonight that means you any harm Sleep will carry you so gently over every little hill Phyllis, you are held here, safe and steady in my arm

Outro

The little lights have faded now, the window's dark and still You are already drifting where no worry ever will

Verse 1

Grey feathers brush against the frost along the edge of the guttering Something small has found its shelter from the cold night air And under all these blankets you are warmer than that trellis Nothing in the dark tonight can touch you anywhere

Pre-chorus

The window holds the moonlight but it cannot hold you tight So let these arms around you be the softest kind of walls And let your breathing slow right down to match the hush of night

Chorus

Phyllis, close your eyes now, let the whole wide world go still There is nowhere safer than this bed upon the hill You are held here gently, like water in a chalice Sleep now, little Phyllis, nothing here can hurt you still

Verse 2

Somewhere past the rooftops there's a wind that's turning colder But it never reaches past the corner where you lie And every little breath you take is making you grow bolder Safe beneath this quiet, safe beneath this sky

Pre-chorus

The window holds the moonlight but it cannot hold you tight So let these arms around you be the softest kind of walls And let your breathing slow right down to match the hush of night

Chorus

Phyllis, close your eyes now, let the whole wide world go still There is nowhere safer than this bed upon the hill You are held here gently, like water in a chalice Sleep now, little Phyllis, nothing here can hurt you still

Bridge

No harm will find you while the house breathes slow around you You are loved beyond the reach of any storm or chill

Chorus

Phyllis, close your eyes now, let the whole wide world go still There is nowhere safer than this bed upon the hill You are held here gently, like water in a chalice Sleep now, little Phyllis, nothing here can hurt you still

Outro

The feathers settle softly where the frost meets the guttering Sleep now, you are certain, you are cherished, you are safe