Songs for Ray

Verse 1

Smoke drifts across the yard Your coat is damp and grey I know that walk of yours You always find your way

Pre-chorus

Logs are stacked against the wall Winter finds us here again And something in me starts to say

Chorus

Ray, you're the warmth I trust Smoke can't hide what stays You never had to try so hard Ray, you're worth the wait always

Verse 2

The fire cracks and settles down You lean in from the cold Your hands still smell like pine and smoke This is the story that we hold

Pre-chorus

Logs are stacked against the wall Winter finds us here again And something in me starts to say

Chorus

Ray, you're the warmth I trust Smoke can't hide what stays You never had to try so hard Ray, you're worth the wait always

Bridge

No grand display, no need for more Just wool and smoke and you This is the quiet kind of love That somehow carries me through

Chorus

Ray, you're the warmth I trust Smoke can't hide what stays You never had to try so hard Ray, you're worth the wait always

Outro

The smoke still drifts across the yard And you still find your way

Verse 1

Frost cracks under every step Stubble field, hard and grey I know that gate by heart I'm crossing it to reach you, Ray

Pre-chorus

Cold wind, but my feet keep moving Every step is proof I'll stay Something out here won't let go

Chorus

Ray, you're the reason I keep walking Through the frost and through the grey There's no gate too rusted, Ray No field too far to lay between us, Ray

Verse 2

Your porch light waits past the fence Small and steady, come what may I don't need a warmer road Just the sight of you, some way

Bridge

Some folks chase the easy weather I'll take the cold if you're the prize Every hard mile makes it truer You were always worth the ice

Chorus

Ray, you're the reason I keep walking Through the frost and through the grey There's no gate too rusted, Ray No field too far to lay between us, Ray

Outro

My boots still know that frozen ground Every print still points your way

Verse 1

Headlights sweep the roof in gold Every passing car retold You are humming something low I don't want this drive to slow

Pre-chorus

The window fogs but I can see Nothing blurs the way you look at me This feeling keeps on climbing higher

Chorus

Ray, you make the dark feel safe Ray, you're steady, never grey There is no one I would rather choose You're the only light I use

Verse 2

Streetlamps blink and then go by You catch my hand, I don't ask why Radio hums a quiet song This is where I want to stay long

Pre-chorus

The window fogs but I can see Nothing blurs the way you look at me This feeling keeps on climbing higher

Chorus

Ray, you make the dark feel safe Ray, you're steady, never grey There is no one I would rather choose You're the only light I use

Bridge

No map could get us here so right Just you, the hum, the passing light Whatever road we're taken on I know I want you riding on

Chorus

Ray, you make the dark feel safe Ray, you're steady, never grey There is no one I would rather choose You're the only light I use

Outro

Headlights still sweep the roof in gold I'll keep loving you as we grow old

Verse 1

Ash is turning softer now behind the blackened brick settling into stillness with no hurry and no trick somewhere in that quiet warmth a small light holds its place you are held as gently, safe inside this fading day

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let your breathing slow to match the fire's own nothing in this room tonight will ever leave you alone sleep is only drifting closer, wrapped in shades of grey

Chorus

Ray, the dark won't ever touch the warmth you carry with you every ember dims but never really goes away you are loved beyond the reach of any hour or any name rest now Ray, there's nothing here that wants you anywhere but stay

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window night is folding on itself curling round the corners like a breath held soft and slow you don't need to watch it, you can let your eyelids play closing on the comfort that will still be here to stay

Chorus

Ray, the dark won't ever touch the warmth you carry with you every ember dims but never really goes away you are loved beyond the reach of any hour or any name rest now Ray, there's nothing here that wants you anywhere but stay

Bridge

Whatever the night is turning into, you don't have to see sleep is just another way of being kept, being free

Chorus

Ray, the dark won't ever touch the warmth you carry with you every ember dims but never really goes away you are loved beyond the reach of any hour or any name rest now Ray, there's nothing here that wants you anywhere but stay

Outro

Somewhere the ash keeps glowing long after the flames have gone so does the love that's holding you gently until the dawn

Verse 1

A little white light sweeps slow across the ceiling tonight drifting soft through the dark like a small quiet kite and under its glow you are warm, you are still curled up safe in the hush while the whole house stays still

Pre-chorus

That light only passes, it never once stays but I will be here through the long quiet ways so close your eyes now, let the evening unfold

Chorus

Ray, my love goes with you into sleep tonight you are held so gently, you are held so tight Ray, the dark is kind here, there is nothing to fear sleep now, little Ray, for I am always near

Verse 2

The light will keep sweeping long after you dream tracing soft little circles, calm as a stream and you will not notice, you'll be far away somewhere warm and untroubled, drifting light as day

Bridge

Every shadow that moves is only the night being kind every hush in this room was made just to unwind you slow nothing here means you harm, nothing here ever will this whole small world tonight is built to keep you still

Chorus

Ray, my love goes with you into sleep tonight you are held so gently, you are held so tight Ray, the dark is kind here, there is nothing to fear sleep now, little Ray, for I am always near

Outro

The light keeps sweeping soft, but you are already gone safe inside your sleep now, till the morning comes on

Verse 1

The pine needles brush so softly on the glass tonight Their shadows sway slow like they know you're near Every little movement is gentle, never sharp or bright Nothing in this room could bring you fear

Pre-chorus

The house is breathing slower now, the day has let you go Your eyes are growing heavy, soft as falling snow And all the world is folding down to just this quiet glow

Chorus

Ray, you are the calm this whole house waits for Sleep is just a door that opens soft and wide Nothing needs to hurry, nothing needs to keep score Ray, you're held so gently on this side

Verse 2

Outside the window branches move like hands that wave goodnight Their shapes slide down the glass and fade away You don't need to watch them, you don't need to hold on tight Just let your breathing settle into grey

Pre-chorus

The house is breathing slower now, the day has let you go Your eyes are growing heavy, soft as falling snow And all the world is folding down to just this quiet glow

Chorus

Ray, you are the calm this whole house waits for Sleep is just a door that opens soft and wide Nothing needs to hurry, nothing needs to keep score Ray, you're held so gently on this side

Bridge

Whatever moved today can rest now, still and low There's nowhere left to be, no further you must go

Chorus

Ray, you are the calm this whole house waits for Sleep is just a door that opens soft and wide Nothing needs to hurry, nothing needs to keep score Ray, you're held so gently on this side

Outro

The pine outside will keep its watch until the morning grey Sleep now, you are so loved, and so is every day