Songs for Silas

Verse 1

Frost on the window, steam in our hands Noon light thin but it's enough Two cups going cold on the bonnet I'd still rather freeze here with you

Pre-chorus

You don't say much, you don't have to Your quiet says more than most I feel it building, I feel it rising

Chorus

Silas, you keep me steady Warm as the coffee by us Every winter feels shorter Silas, I'd let you try us

Verse 2

Your hands are rough from working Mine have gone numb from the cold But something between us keeps burning Long after the engine's stilled

Chorus

Silas, you keep me steady Warm as the coffee by us Every winter feels shorter Silas, I'd let you try us

Bridge

No grand words, no big weather Just this field and just us two I don't need the sun to love you I've got all the warmth I need in you

Chorus

Silas, you keep me steady Warm as the coffee by us Every winter feels shorter Silas, I'd let you try us

Outro

Steam still rising off the bonnet I'm still here, still warm, still yours

Verse 1

The can sits where you left it Beside the trowel, resting still Grey concrete, morning light You water what you love, and it shows

Pre-chorus

I watch you kneel and tend Nothing rushed, nothing loud This is how I know

Chorus

Silas, you make the small things holy You water roots that no one sees Quiet hands, steady heart Silas, this love was built for slow days

Verse 2

You leave your tools out gently Like you'll be back before dark No hurry in your hands You tend to me the same slow way

Bridge

Some love arrives like weather Ours grew like something planted

Chorus

Silas, you make the small things holy You water roots that no one sees Quiet hands, steady heart Silas, this love was built for slow days

Outro

The can still rests by the door Steady by us, come what may

Verse 1

Two pillowcases turn in the cold Slow circles, nothing to prove I stood there watching, waiting for you Learning the shape of how I move

Pre-chorus

The denim's frozen stiff on the line Cold has a way of holding tight And I keep finding, thing after thing

Chorus

Silas, you're the warm in my hands Even the frost can't touch what's true Nothing about us needs to be planned I'd stand out here all day for you

Verse 2

The wind keeps working at what we hung Nothing gives, nothing comes undone You laughed at how the collars had froze Like something stubborn, like something won

Pre-chorus

The denim's frozen stiff on the line Cold has a way of holding tight And I keep finding, thing after thing

Chorus

Silas, you're the warm in my hands Even the frost can't touch what's true Nothing about us needs to be planned I'd stand out here all day for you

Bridge

Some loves shout, some loves rush But ours just hangs here, quiet and slow Not every good thing needs a fuss Some things just stay, and that's how I know

Chorus

Silas, you're the warm in my hands Even the frost can't touch what's true Nothing about us needs to be planned I'd stand out here all day for you

Outro

The pillowcases still turn in the cold But I'm not standing out here alone

Verse 1

White foam is sliding soft across the smooth black stones tonight Somewhere the harbour lights are blinking low and holding tight You are the reason every quiet thing feels safe to stay So let the water breathe you gently into sleep away

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the bay is settling into its own slow tune Nothing will wake you, nothing will hurry on till noon Close your eyes and drift toward the calm that's calling you

Chorus

Silas, the tide has learned to move as soft as you Rest now, Silas, under skies of grey and blue Sleep is a shore that only wants to hold you near Nothing can reach you, Silas, nothing goes near here

Verse 2

Far off a small light blinks and answers one across the bay Watching over you the way it watches night to day Even the dark stays gentle when it curls around your bed Nobody could love you more than what I feel instead

Chorus

Silas, the tide has learned to move as soft as you Rest now, Silas, under skies of grey and blue Sleep is a shore that only wants to hold you near Nothing can reach you, Silas, nothing goes near here

Bridge

Breathe slow now, let the foam keep folding into stone You were never once, not for a moment, on your own

Chorus

Silas, the tide has learned to move as soft as you Rest now, Silas, under skies of grey and blue Sleep is a shore that only wants to hold you near Nothing can reach you, Silas, nothing goes near here

Outro

Somewhere the foam is still sliding soft across the stones Sleep now, you are held, you are never on your own

Verse 1

Little drops are tapping soft against the porcelain side Warm water holds you gentle like it knows you far and wide Bubbles rise and settle without any hurry in the room You are safe here, Silas, drifting slow beside the tide

Pre-chorus

Steam is curling upward while the evening starts to fold Every small sound softens as the water turns to gold Close your eyes a little, let the warmth begin to hold you

Chorus

Silas, hush now, let the quiet carry you to rest Nothing in this whole wide night could love you more or best Bubbles pop so gently like a hundred tiny sighs Silas, you are held here, closer than the stars are to the west

Verse 2

Fingers trail a slow line through the water going still Every ripple settles like it's following your will Somewhere past the window all the day is folding down to grey You are wrapped in warmth enough to climb the highest hill

Pre-chorus

Steam is curling upward while the evening starts to fold Every small sound softens as the water turns to gold Close your eyes a little, let the warmth begin to hold you

Chorus

Silas, hush now, let the quiet carry you to rest Nothing in this whole wide night could love you more or best Bubbles pop so gently like a hundred tiny sighs Silas, you are held here, closer than the stars are to the west

Bridge

Sleep is only water, soft and slow and wide Carrying you gently on its quiet, patient tide

Chorus

Silas, hush now, let the quiet carry you to rest Nothing in this whole wide night could love you more or best Bubbles pop so gently like a hundred tiny sighs Silas, you are held here, closer than the stars are to the west

Outro

Somewhere a last drop taps and fades against the side Sleep now, small one, safe and warm, however far you glide

Verse 1

Watch how the fire lets its brightness go so gently now Grey ash comes down soft as any blanket ever spun Nothing in this room is asking you for anything tonight You are held here safer than you know, little one

Pre-chorus

Iron tongs are resting quiet by the warm brick wall Everything that burned today has banked its glow down low So let your eyes grow heavy as the last light starts to fall

Chorus

Silas, the whole house is breathing slow around you now Nothing in the dark tonight is coming here to try us Sleep will carry you the way the embers hold their glow There is nothing waiting out there that could ever harm us, Silas

Verse 2

Somewhere past this window all the stars are banking down as well Every hearth in every house is learning how to rest You don't need to keep your eyes half open, guarding anything Let the quiet settle over you, it knows you best

Bridge

Hush now, nothing needs your worry, nothing needs your eyes Even embers trust the ash to tuck them in for good

Chorus

Silas, the whole house is breathing slow around you now Nothing in the dark tonight is coming here to try us Sleep will carry you the way the embers hold their glow There is nothing waiting out there that could ever harm us, Silas

Outro

Somewhere the ash is settling soft over one last ember Sleep now, little one, and let the morning do the rest