Songs for Sebastian

Verse 1

I forget the coffee's getting cold Just glad you're sitting close You lean back on the warm bonnet And the whole street disappears

Chorus

Sebastian, you make the small things stay There's no rush to be anywhere today This kind of calm is my favourite question You're the answer, Sebastian

Verse 2

Your hand finds mine on the metal We don't need a big reason You laugh at something plain and small And I fall for you all over again

Pre-chorus

I've had noise before, I've had speed This is slower, this is what I need Something steady is calling me home

Chorus

Sebastian, you make the small things stay There's no rush to be anywhere today This kind of calm is my favourite question You're the answer, Sebastian

Bridge

Two cups gone cold, we don't care Nowhere better than right here You've got no idea what you do to me Just sitting still, just being you

Chorus

Sebastian, you make the small things stay There's no rush to be anywhere today This kind of calm is my favourite question You're the answer, Sebastian

Outro

The cups are empty, the car's gone cold Still the best afternoon I've had, I'm told

Verse 1

Seaweed dries around the chain half buried where the tide once ran nothing moves it, rain or strain that's how I hold you, Sebastian

Pre-chorus

I've seen how storms can pull things loose how easy love can lose its stand but you're the one thing I don't lose

Chorus

Sebastian, you're the steady part the anchor buried in the sand however far the tide may run I'm always coming back to land

Verse 2

Years could wrap you round like weed every season leaves its mark but under all that, you're still you a fixed point when the world goes dark

Pre-chorus

I've seen how storms can pull things loose how easy love can lose its stand but you're the one thing I don't lose

Chorus

Sebastian, you're the steady part the anchor buried in the sand however far the tide may run I'm always coming back to land

Bridge

Let the water pull at everything it wants I'm not moving off this ground you're the weight that keeps me honest the one thing I have always found

Chorus

Sebastian, you're the steady part the anchor buried in the sand however far the tide may run I'm always coming back to land

Outro

The chain still holds beneath the weed you're still the one I'm holding too

Verse 1

I keep striking matches in the wind Watching smoke drift sideways off the ring Nothing here wants to catch tonight But you make the coldest evening warm

Pre-chorus

I don't need the fire to take I just need you sitting close Something in me is already lit

Chorus

Sebastian, you're the warmth I trust Not some bright and sudden blaze Sebastian, steady past every question You're the one thing here that stays

Verse 2

The twigs keep breaking, small and dry Smoke won't hold the shape I want You laugh and say we're doing fine We are, because you're what I've got

Chorus

Sebastian, you're the warmth I trust Not some bright and sudden blaze Sebastian, steady past every question You're the one thing here that stays

Bridge

Let the wind take the smoke where it wants I'm not watching the sky tonight I'm watching you lean into the dark Certain as anything I've known

Chorus

Sebastian, you're the warmth I trust Not some bright and sudden blaze Sebastian, steady past every question You're the one thing here that stays

Outro

Let the smoke drift where it likes I already have my warmth, in you

Verse 1

Somewhere behind you a small green light is burning low Steady and soft while the house breathes slow and easy Nothing tonight needs an answer or a question Sleep is the only place you need to go

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the dial has nowhere left to turn Every small sound has curled up warm beside you So let your eyes close on all that you have learned

Chorus

Sebastian, the dark is only resting light Close in your blankets, safe and out of sight Nothing will wake you, nothing dares to try Sleep well, Sebastian, you are held tonight

Verse 2

Once there were voices that drifted through that old wood frame Now there is only your breathing, soft and steady Wrapped in a quiet no worry could ever waken You are the warmest thing that fills this room

Bridge

Let the whole night hum low around your bed Nothing to chase, nothing left unsaid

Chorus

Sebastian, the dark is only resting light Close in your blankets, safe and out of sight Nothing will wake you, nothing dares to try Sleep well, Sebastian, you are held tonight

Outro

Somewhere that small green light still glows on through the night Watching you sleep until the morning comes soft and bright

Verse 1

A slow white beam is drifting across the quiet ceiling and every time it passes it hums a gentle tune it circles round so softly, so steady in its feeling like something built to watch you from evening into noon

Pre-chorus

The house has gone to whispers and the walls have learned to sway your breathing finds the rhythm that the light lays down each night so let the day dissolve now and drift a little away

Chorus

Sebastian, the dark is only kindness in disguise there's nothing in this room tonight but comfort and its guest so close your tired question, let it rest behind your eyes Sebastian, you're held here, you can let go of the rest

Verse 2

The beam moves like a hand that's tracing shapes upon the plaster it never seems to hurry, never once forgets its way it turns as if it's guarding you from anything that's faster than the calm and steady turning of a warm and settled day

Bridge

Nothing here will startle you, nothing here will roam every slow rotation says you're wanted, you're at home

Chorus

Sebastian, the dark is only kindness in disguise there's nothing in this room tonight but comfort and its guest so close your tired question, let it rest behind your eyes Sebastian, you're held here, you can let go of the rest

Outro

The light will keep on turning while you settle into sleep and someone here beside you means to keep you safe to keep

Verse 1

High in the barn the dark feathers brush soft on the wire settling to rest as the night pulls its blanket up higher and just like that hush, you are folding down slow warm in your bed with the lantern turned low

Pre-chorus

Every small sound in the dark is a hand meant to hold you every last light of the day only rises to fold you closer and closer where nothing can reach where you lie

Chorus

Sebastian, the night has come only to keep you soft as the dark where the feathers still sleep too nothing will stir that could ever undo you Sebastian, this whole quiet world leans into you

Verse 2

The wire on the window holds nothing but calm on its skin and the wind that comes calling is only let gently back in so rest what you carry, let go of the day there's nothing out there that could carry you away

Bridge

Somewhere a wing folds in to rest and you are held the same, and blessed

Chorus

Sebastian, the night has come only to keep you soft as the dark where the feathers still sleep too nothing will stir that could ever undo you Sebastian, this whole quiet world leans into you

Outro

The dark feathers settle, the barn window's still and you are asleep now, and safe, and you will

Verse 1

You climb the narrow attic stairs We find the box marked with your name Dust falls like snow across the air And suddenly the year feels new again

Pre-chorus

Your laughter echoes down below We're waiting for you, don't delay Come warm your hands beside the glow

Chorus

Sebastian, you belong right here With frost outside and carols clear Sebastian, hold the winter close Come sit with those who love you most

Verse 2

The fire burns and spreads its heat We set an extra place for you Your presence makes the season sweet And everything we do feels true

Bridge

Some years you're far, some years you stay But always, always you are home

Chorus

Sebastian, you belong right here With frost outside and carols clear Sebastian, hold the winter close Come sit with those who love you most

Outro

The tape still holds your name in faded pen Sebastian, welcome home again

Verse 1

Steam curls up where we stand still Two mugs waiting by the glow Kettle settles, winter deep And you make the darkness go

Pre-chorus

In this hour when the year turns slow Every moment holds us close Sebastian, you're the reason

Chorus

Sebastian, we are grateful here Frost beyond but fire's near Lights and laughter, carols play Sebastian, here you stay

Verse 2

Quiet kitchen, night so still Hands that warm us through the cold Year behind us, year ahead You're the story being told

Pre-chorus

In this hour when the year turns slow Every moment holds us close Sebastian, you're the reason

Chorus

Sebastian, we are grateful here Frost beyond but fire's near Lights and laughter, carols play Sebastian, here you stay

Bridge

Distance cannot break what's true We remember, missing you

Chorus

Sebastian, we are grateful here Frost beyond but fire's near Lights and laughter, carols play Sebastian, here you stay

Outro

Kettle steams in midnight air Sebastian, we are there

Verse 1

Your footprints cross the frosted ground From shed to door and back around We watch them fill with falling snow And know that you are here we know

Pre-chorus

Every step you take rings true Carols sound because of you Lights reflect in eyes grown bright

Chorus

Sebastian, this December gleams Sebastian, warmer than it seems You bring the year to where it needs With frost and fire, all we seek

Verse 2

We laid the table, set it full Your presence makes the season pull At something in our hearts so deep A promise that we need to keep

Pre-chorus

Every song means more with you Every wish we make comes true Winter's dark dissolves tonight

Chorus

Sebastian, this December gleams Sebastian, warmer than it seems You bring the year to where it needs With frost and fire, all we seek

Bridge

Standing here as snow falls down You turn the turning year around

Chorus

Sebastian, this December gleams Sebastian, warmer than it seems You bring the year to where it needs With frost and fire, all we seek

Outro

Your footprints mark where you belong And home is where you are, so strong