Songs for Primrose

Verse 1

Fog on the window, soft and grey A lantern burning through the haze You walk in and the whole room glows Something in the air just knows

Pre-chorus

Every year the candle grows One more year the feeling shows Hold that breath before it blows

Chorus

Primrose, light up this room tonight You're the warmth behind the light Primrose, however this year goes We're glad it's you the story chose

Verse 2

Steam runs down in little streams Blurring out the streetlamp beams Still we'd know you anywhere Even through the misted air

Bridge

However far the years have flown However much the light has grown You're still the warmth we call our own

Chorus

Primrose, light up this room tonight You're the warmth behind the light Primrose, however this year goes We're glad it's you the story chose

Outro

The window clears, the lantern stays Glowing on through all your days

Verse 1

A balloon got caught on the gate stuck there since the fair went home still tugging like it won't wait that's how we feel when you're not known

Pre-chorus

Somebody cut the string too soon but you never drift too far so pour the tea and light the room

Chorus

Primrose, we're glad you're here one more year and still you glow cake is cut and the coast is clear happy birthday, Primrose

Verse 2

Some folk fade when the party ends you're the one who makes it stay gather up your noisy friends this whole street knows it's your day

Chorus

Primrose, we're glad you're here one more year and still you glow cake is cut and the coast is clear happy birthday, Primrose

Bridge

Every year you come back round brighter than the year before held by all the love you've found

Chorus

Primrose, we're glad you're here one more year and still you glow cake is cut and the coast is clear happy birthday, Primrose

Outro

Let that old balloon fly free you're the one worth holding onto

Verse 1

Cold platform, breath like smoke Machine clattering out its tune I stood there waiting on you Long before this day in June

Pre-chorus

Every year the same old ache Waiting for the light to break Then you come, and the whole world wakes

Chorus

Primrose, happy birthday to you Nobody else could ever compare Primrose, the best of what grows You make the grey feel less grey out there

Verse 2

Ticket spat out, torn at the edge Just like the year that's had its say I'd trade every ride I've taken Just to keep you here today

Pre-chorus

Every year the same old ache Waiting for the light to break Then you come, and the whole world wakes

Chorus

Primrose, happy birthday to you Nobody else could ever compare Primrose, the best of what grows You make the grey feel less grey out there

Bridge

However far this platform runs However long the wait has been You're the reason I keep coming back The warmest thing that I have seen

Chorus

Primrose, happy birthday to you Nobody else could ever compare Primrose, the best of what grows You make the grey feel less grey out there

Outro

The machine still clatters on that platform But you're the ticket I chose

Verse 1

Boots crunching hard on frozen ground Your steps and mine, the same slow sound No map, no light to guide us home We just keep walking, safe and found

Chorus

Primrose, you're the ground I trust Every field turns soft with us Cold can't touch what we have grown Primrose, you're the one I chose

Verse 2

Mud pulls hard at every boot Still you laugh and still you shoot Ahead of me across the dark I follow like it's simple truth

Pre-chorus

Wind cuts through but we don't stop Your hand finds mine before we drop Something steady's building, about to show

Chorus

Primrose, you're the ground I trust Every field turns soft with us Cold can't touch what we have grown Primrose, you're the one I chose

Bridge

Some love shouts, some love just walks Through the frost, through the dark You never needed loud words for this Just your steps beside mine, close

Chorus

Primrose, you're the ground I trust Every field turns soft with us Cold can't touch what we have grown Primrose, you're the one I chose

Outro

Two sets of boots, one path worn through Still crunching on, still choosing you

Verse 1

Steam rising off the paper bag cold hands reaching for the same warm side you laugh before the first bite even lands and I forget the queue, the wait, the tide

Pre-chorus

You tear the bag a little more for me salt on your fingers, salt on your sleeve I'm learning what your kindness looks like

Chorus

Primrose, you make the cold feel like nothing the whole street could freeze, I wouldn't care give me vinegar chips and your quiet laughing Primrose, I chose this, I chose you there

Verse 2

You blow on a chip before it's yours never mind that it was mine to start this small thing tells me who you are careful hands, and such an open heart

Pre-chorus

You tear the bag a little more for me salt on your fingers, salt on your sleeve I'm learning what your kindness looks like

Chorus

Primrose, you make the cold feel like nothing the whole street could freeze, I wouldn't care give me vinegar chips and your quiet laughing Primrose, I chose this, I chose you there

Bridge

No candlelight, no fancy plans just breath and steam between our hands this is love as I have known it plain and warm and freely given

Chorus

Primrose, you make the cold feel like nothing the whole street could freeze, I wouldn't care give me vinegar chips and your quiet laughing Primrose, I chose this, I chose you there

Outro

The bag goes empty, the queue moves on still warm from you long after we're gone

Verse 1

I left the spade out again forgot it under the falling leaves but I never forget where you are or how my whole chest still believes

Pre-chorus

Some things rust if you leave them too long but this only settles, only grows steady as anything I've ever known

Chorus

Primrose, you're the warm in my cold the one thing that never goes however far the seasons turn Primrose, this is how it grows

Verse 2

Autumn keeps taking the colour away piling the leaves by the door but you stay clear in my mind clearer than anything before

Pre-chorus

Some things rust if you leave them too long but this only settles, only grows steady as anything I've ever known

Chorus

Primrose, you're the warm in my cold the one thing that never goes however far the seasons turn Primrose, this is how it grows

Bridge

I don't need the flowers to know you I know you in the bare and the grey in the tools left standing in the wet in the quiet at the end of the day

Chorus

Primrose, you're the warm in my cold the one thing that never goes however far the seasons turn Primrose, this is how it grows

Outro

I'll leave the spade out one more night knowing love like this never rusts through

Verse 1

Watch the last grey ash go settling down so slow held behind the iron guard where nothing sharp can reach Every ember dims to soft the way your breathing goes and the whole room learns to hush the way you teach

Pre-chorus

Nothing here will spark or stir before the morning comes only warmth that's turning quiet, only shadows kind and slow so let your eyes grow heavy now, there's nowhere left to go

Chorus

Primrose, the fire is folding into rest tonight and you are held the safest thing that any house can hold Sleep now the way the embers sleep, without a fight Primrose, you're the warmth that never turns to cold

Verse 2

Somewhere past the grate the whole wide dark is turning soft curling round the edges of this small and steady room You are not afraid of it, you never were, not once because you know this quiet is where you're always safe to bloom

Chorus

Primrose, the fire is folding into rest tonight and you are held the safest thing that any house can hold Sleep now the way the embers sleep, without a fight Primrose, you're the warmth that never turns to cold

Bridge

Rest is not an ending, only breath that's slowing down and you are loved as steady as the last log settling low

Chorus

Primrose, the fire is folding into rest tonight and you are held the safest thing that any house can hold Sleep now the way the embers sleep, without a fight Primrose, you're the warmth that never turns to cold

Outro

The ash lies quiet now behind its iron guard and you lie just as quiet, just as loved, just as far

Verse 1

Orange light is sliding gently over where you rest your head Every lamp we pass is leaving softly as it came and went You are held so close and steady while the whole world softly flows Nothing out there matters more than you asleep instead

Chorus

Primrose, close your eyes now, let the night keep watch a while Somewhere warm is waiting just behind that sleepy smile You are carried safely through the dark however far it goes Rest now, little Primrose, morning waits in a while

Verse 2

Windows hum a quiet tune that only you can hear tonight Shadows move so slowly they forget to make a sound You are wrapped in something soft that never loosens or unwinds Safe as anything that ever settled on the ground

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the lights outside are dimming one by one Nothing needs an answer, nothing needs to be undone Sleep is coming closer, soft as breathing, soft as home

Chorus

Primrose, close your eyes now, let the night keep watch a while Somewhere warm is waiting just behind that sleepy smile You are carried safely through the dark however far it goes Rest now, little Primrose, morning waits in a while

Bridge

Every light that passes leaves a little gold behind You are loved beyond whatever words could ever find

Chorus

Primrose, close your eyes now, let the night keep watch a while Somewhere warm is waiting just behind that sleepy smile You are carried safely through the dark however far it goes Rest now, little Primrose, morning waits in a while

Outro

The last light slides across the glass and settles into gold You are safe inside this quiet, held and warm and whole

Verse 1

Wheels have gone still beneath the dripping pine tonight rain on the needles has slowed to something light you are held so gently, wrapped and warm and small nothing out there matters, you can let it fall

Pre-chorus

Close those eyes now, let the hush come creeping in hear how soft the dark is, how it holds no din stay right here, my darling, where the calm begins

Chorus

Primrose, sleep is calling soft as it can be under branches heavy, safe as safe can be Primrose, drift off gently, let the night unfold you are always cherished, always kept from cold

Verse 2

Somewhere past the branches the whole world slows its pace every worry folds away and leaves an empty space you don't need to listen, you don't need to see just the sound of breathing, just you close to me

Bridge

Even wheels that carried you have found their rest tucked beneath the wet pine, you are held, you're blessed

Chorus

Primrose, sleep is calling soft as it can be under branches heavy, safe as safe can be Primrose, drift off gently, let the night unfold you are always cherished, always kept from cold

Outro

Rest now where the pine still drips its gentle rain you are safe forever, you are loved again