Songs for Sarah

Verse 1

Three paper hats on the back seat Yellow light making everything sweet You laughed so loud the whole bus turned That's the kind of night we earned

Pre-chorus

The candles won't light themselves tonight We're waiting on you to strike the match Come on and start the spark

Chorus

Sarah, get up and dance with us You make the ordinary feel like fuss Nobody's leaving till the record's through We're only here because of you

Verse 2

You wore that hat like it was a crown Tilted sideways, sliding down Somebody spilled a drink on the floor You just laughed and asked for more

Bridge

Every year the bus comes round again Same sticky seats, same old friends Nothing shines without you near

Chorus

Sarah, get up and dance with us You make the ordinary feel like fuss Nobody's leaving till the record's through We're only here because of you

Outro

Keep that paper crown on tight We'll ride this bus into the light

Verse 1

Candles catching on the glass Dusk rolling by so fast You keep that flicker steady Nobody's steadier, nobody's faster

Pre-chorus

Every year you carry the room Chase away the gathering gloom So light the noise and let it climb

Chorus

Sarah, we're calling your name out loud Nobody moves you, nobody's prouder You make the hardest days feel fairer Sarah, Sarah, sharer, carer

Verse 2

Train rattling through the dark Your candlelight leaves a mark You turn the smallest window golden No one warms a room like you do

Chorus

Sarah, we're calling your name out loud Nobody moves you, nobody's prouder You make the hardest days feel fairer Sarah, Sarah, sharer, carer

Bridge

Blow it out, make the wish stick Every year you get it, quick We're clapping loud, we mean it true Nobody here gets by without you

Chorus

Sarah, we're calling your name out loud Nobody moves you, nobody's prouder You make the hardest days feel fairer Sarah, Sarah, sharer, carer

Outro

Candles still burn on the glass Held here long after dusk has passed

Verse 1

One little cupcake, spinning slow Warm in the window, turning round You are the reason we all glow You are the sweetness we have found

Pre-chorus

Something warm is coming close Something good you can't ignore Stand up, Sarah, here it goes

Chorus

Sarah, Sarah, light of the room You make the hardest heart feel fairer Nobody loved could ask for more Sarah, you are the finest carer

Verse 2

Every year you turn up brighter Every year the love gets deeper You hold us steady when we wander You are never just a keeper

Bridge

Clap your hands and sing it loud Sarah's here, so raise it proud This whole room came just for you Every word we sing is true

Chorus

Sarah, Sarah, light of the room You make the hardest heart feel fairer Nobody loved could ask for more Sarah, you are the finest carer

Outro

Still that cupcake turns round slow Warm forever, glowing so

Verse 1

The rain slides slow along the darkened glass tonight Tracing lines that never seem to hurry or to break You are curled up warm beneath the soft lamplight And nothing in this world could touch the peace you make

Pre-chorus

Let the wind outside go on and murmur what it will The house is holding still around you, calm and slow And you are safe here, drifting closer to it

Chorus

Sarah, the night has nothing sharper than a sigh Every shadow in this room is soft and kind You are the reason the quiet feels this fine Sarah, sleep on, there is no need to wonder why

Verse 2

Somewhere beyond the glass the whole world dims and slows Streetlights blur to gold through every falling drop But here your breathing settles as the evening goes And in this room, for you, the whole night stops

Bridge

No storm outside could ever reach where you are lying Nothing out there matters more than this small, steady beat

Chorus

Sarah, the night has nothing sharper than a sigh Every shadow in this room is soft and kind You are the reason the quiet feels this fine Sarah, sleep on, there is no need to wonder why

Outro

The rain will keep on sliding, gentle, down the pane Sleep now, and let it carry you away from any care

Verse 1

Somewhere a chair is rocking slow against the old wood floor and every gentle creak is saying rest now, rest a little more your breathing slows to match it, soft and even at the door you're held by something steady that has held so many before

Pre-chorus

Every creak of the runners is a small and steady song it says you are the reason this old chair has rocked so long and it will keep on rocking till you drift to where you belong

Chorus

Sarah, close your eyes now, let the rocking carry you nobody could love you gentler, nobody could love you truer you are the quiet centre of this whole night through and through the dark is only softness and you're safer, you are safer

Verse 2

The floorboards learned your weight the way they learn a well loved tune they hum beneath the rocking like the tide beneath the moon nothing in this house is louder than the hush that wraps the room and nothing in this whole wide world was ever loved so soon

Bridge

Rock a little longer, there's no need to rush the dark hold on to this stillness like a small and steady spark

Chorus

Sarah, close your eyes now, let the rocking carry you nobody could love you gentler, nobody could love you truer you are the quiet centre of this whole night through and through the dark is only softness and you're safer, you are safer

Outro

The chair will keep on rocking long after you're asleep so rest now in the creaking, it's a promise you can keep

Verse 1

Outside the glass the snow is drifting down so slow and light The lamp outside is glowing soft and holding back the night Nothing stirs beyond the frost that gathers on the pane And you are here beside me, warm and safe and held so tight

Pre-chorus

Let the hush of falling snow come settle on your eyes Let the quiet of this room be all the world you need Close your hands around this moment before it has to fly

Chorus

Sarah, there is no one gentler, no one fairer to my heart You are quiet as the snowfall, you are calm from every start No storm could ever touch you while I hold you soft and near Sarah, you're the softest carer of this stillness in the dark

Verse 2

The whole wide street has gone to sleep beneath a blanket white Not a footstep, not a whisper breaks the peace of this cold night Even shadows seem to soften when the snow begins to fall And you are breathing slowly now, my quiet, steady light

Bridge

Every flake that falls tonight is falling just for you Drifting down to cover you in white and hushed and true

Chorus

Sarah, there is no one gentler, no one fairer to my heart You are quiet as the snowfall, you are calm from every start No storm could ever touch you while I hold you soft and near Sarah, you're the softest carer of this stillness in the dark

Outro

The lamp still glows outside the glass, though we have drifted far Sleep now, Sarah, sleep now softly, safe beneath your quiet star