Songs for Remi

Verse 1

Boxes stacked beside the vines tomatoes climbing green and slow you planted both these growing signs and never once let either go

Pre-chorus

You counted candles, counted years you kept the garden through the rain now let the whole room hear

Chorus

Remi, light the candles now we're singing loud for you today however this year found you somehow Remi, Remi, hip hooray

Verse 2

You gave the biggest slice away kept the smallest piece for you that's just how you spend a day giving more than what was due

Bridge

So let us stack the boxes higher let the candles catch and burn this is your day, come closer, nearer this is the year we all return

Chorus

Remi, light the candles now we're singing loud for you today however this year found you somehow Remi, Remi, hip hooray

Outro

The tomatoes will keep on climbing the boxes will fold flat again

Verse 1

Snow is piling on the fence cups gone quiet, thick and dense but the noise tonight is you loud and bright in everything you do

Pre-chorus

Light the horns and count the years clap it out and lose the fears something's coming, can you feel it near

Chorus

Remi, get the trumpets going one more year and still it's showing nobody lights a room like Remi you're the loudest, brightest memory

Verse 2

Cold outside but who's counting warm in here, the joy is mounting every glass we lift up high catches something in your eye

Chorus

Remi, get the trumpets going one more year and still it's showing nobody lights a room like Remi you're the loudest, brightest memory

Bridge

However far the snow gets deep however long the winters keep we'll dig you out, we'll shout your name the whole room burning like a flame

Chorus

Remi, get the trumpets going one more year and still it's showing nobody lights a room like Remi you're the loudest, brightest memory

Outro

Let the snow keep falling deep on the fence where good things keep

Verse 1

Paper streamers catch the wind Tangled round the old brick stack Somebody hung them up for you And the whole street's throwing back

Chorus

Remi, light the porch up now Sky's gone pale but you're the spark Everybody came for Remi You're the flame against the dark

Verse 2

Kick your boots up on the step Let the fiddle find the beat Every year we build it bigger Just to watch you own the street

Pre-chorus

Chimney's leaning, streamers swinging Evening's turning slow to grey Something's building, we're all singing

Chorus

Remi, light the porch up now Sky's gone pale but you're the spark Everybody came for Remi You're the flame against the dark

Bridge

Clap your hands, stomp the porch board Nobody here wants to leave One more year we get to keep you One more reason to believe

Chorus

Remi, light the porch up now Sky's gone pale but you're the spark Everybody came for Remi You're the flame against the dark

Outro

Streamers still stuck on that chimney Same as you, stuck in our hearts

Verse 1

Gold light spills soft across the old wood floor drifting slow past the little dust that turns and soars you watch it settle, calm as anything can be safe inside this house, safe as safe can be

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the evening folds its wings in tight every corner of this house is holding light and all that gold is leaning down to say goodnight

Chorus

Remi, the light is low and leaning your way carrying you gently to the end of the day close your eyes now, Remi, let the hours go still nothing can touch you here, and nothing will

Verse 2

Somewhere a door stands open just a little bit letting the warm glow wander in and sit it climbs the stairs slow to find where you lie tucking itself in soft beside you like a sigh

Bridge

Sleep is a small boat, and you're held inside drifting on gold water with the gentlest tide

Chorus

Remi, the light is low and leaning your way carrying you gently to the end of the day close your eyes now, Remi, let the hours go still nothing can touch you here, and nothing will

Outro

Somewhere that doorway still glows soft and low and you are held inside its golden, gentle flow

Verse 1

Bare branches let the last light slip quietly through them Winter holds its breath above the sleeping railway line Somewhere far a train is carrying its small warm glow away And still I hold you closer as the evening starts to shine

Pre-chorus

Every light that fades tonight is only turning home Nothing in the dark out there can find you where you lie So let your tired eyes go soft and drift where dreaming goes

Chorus

Remi, the dark is only a blanket pulled round you slow Close your eyes and let the whole wide night go dreamy Nothing out there can touch the warmth that we both know You are the safest thing this quiet world has, Remi

Verse 2

A distant whistle hums a low and gentle lullaby of its own Black embankments keep their secrets underneath the stars so still You are wrapped up warmer than the softest thing that ever glowed Nothing can reach you now, not cold, not dark, not any chill

Chorus

Remi, the dark is only a blanket pulled round you slow Close your eyes and let the whole wide night go dreamy Nothing out there can touch the warmth that we both know You are the safest thing this quiet world has, Remi

Bridge

Rest now, the whole night is holding its breath for you There is nowhere you are needed but curled up right here

Chorus

Remi, the dark is only a blanket pulled round you slow Close your eyes and let the whole wide night go dreamy Nothing out there can touch the warmth that we both know You are the safest thing this quiet world has, Remi

Outro

Somewhere the last red light has faded soft into the night Sleep now, you are already home, you are already mine

Verse 1

A thin little glow is creeping under the wooden door it spills on the floor so soft you'd swear it was dreaming too nothing out there is moving, nothing at all tonight and you are the reason this house holds still like that, Remi

Pre-chorus

Every small sound has settled down and gone to rest the hallway is warm and waiting, patient as it can be so let your eyes grow heavy, there's nowhere else to be

Chorus

Remi, the whole night is holding you gently now there's nothing beyond that door but calm and quiet somehow close your eyes, let go, I'm not going anywhere Remi, you are the softest thing this house has found

Verse 2

That little bulb keeps burning low so you're never in the dark it hums a quiet colour on the floor beside your bed you don't need to know the reason, only that it's there and that you are loved beyond what any light could ever say

Bridge

Somewhere past that door the world can wait till morning nothing needs you yet, nothing but your sleep

Chorus

Remi, the whole night is holding you gently now there's nothing beyond that door but calm and quiet somehow close your eyes, let go, I'm not going anywhere Remi, you are the softest thing this house has found

Outro

The little light will still be glowing when you wake and you'll still be the reason this whole house feels safe