Songs for Steve

Verse 1

Two boots broke through the crust of ice We didn't run, we didn't think twice Something in me settled right there Steve, you make the cold feel nice

Pre-chorus

I've been careful most my life Watching where I put my feet But something's pulling me to you

Chorus

Steve, I believe in what we've got Nothing borrowed, nothing bought Whatever this is, I won't leave Steve, you're the one I'd choose to trust

Verse 2

You laughed when both our footing slipped Held my arm before I dipped Steve, that's the kind of love I need Simple, steady, no big script

Pre-chorus

I've been careful most my life Watching where I put my feet But something's pulling me to you

Chorus

Steve, I believe in what we've got Nothing borrowed, nothing bought Whatever this is, I won't leave Steve, you're the one I'd choose to trust

Bridge

Doesn't matter if the ground gives way We'll find our footing either way I'm not scared when you're beside me

Chorus

Steve, I believe in what we've got Nothing borrowed, nothing bought Whatever this is, I won't leave Steve, you're the one I'd choose to trust

Outro

Two boots still standing on the ice Steve, I'd sink here with you twice

Verse 1

Two sleeves moving slow on green felt Nobody keeping score, nobody dealt Just the quiet click and the low light You laughing soft on a Tuesday night

Chorus

Steve, you're the one I believe in No grand plan, just this evening You don't have to try or achieve Just stay here, don't you leave

Verse 2

Your hands know the table by heart Never needing some clever start I watch you lean in, calm and sure There's nothing here I'd trade for more

Pre-chorus

I'm not asking for a reason why I just know I don't want to say goodbye So hold that thought, don't let it fall

Chorus

Steve, you're the one I believe in No grand plan, just this evening You don't have to try or achieve Just stay here, don't you leave

Bridge

Some loves shout, some loves creep Ours just sits here, soft and deep No sleeve of mine will ever weave A better thing than loving you, Steve

Chorus

Steve, you're the one I believe in No grand plan, just this evening You don't have to try or achieve Just stay here, don't you leave

Outro

The felt still holds our two worn lines You're the steadiest thing I find

Verse 1

Rain runs down the old iron beam onto your collar, cold and slow you laugh like it's a lucky thing you never once let go of my hand though

Pre-chorus

I watch the water find your skin I feel the hush before the sound something in me starts to give in

Chorus

Steve, you hold the night together every time I start to sway the calm in you I could believe would talk the darkest sky to day

Verse 2

The metal ribs are dripping still water finding your one sleeve you don't flinch, you just stay near that's the thing I can't quite conceive

Pre-chorus

I watch the water find your skin I feel the hush before the sound something in me starts to give in

Chorus

Steve, you hold the night together every time I start to sway the calm in you I could believe would talk the darkest sky to day

Bridge

No grand storm ever made you grieve no cold ever made you turn you stay, plain as breath, and steady that's the love I'm trying to earn

Chorus

Steve, you hold the night together every time I start to sway the calm in you I could believe would talk the darkest sky to day

Outro

Rain still falls on that same iron but I'm dry, held close to you

Verse 1

A thin yellow beam is sweeping over the cracks in the plaster Sliding so slowly it barely seems to move at all Nothing out there can find its way past this door And you are held here safer than anything could master

Pre-chorus

The light keeps circling soft above your head like it knows you Every shadow in this room is settling down to bow low So close your eyes now, let the quiet come and hold you

Chorus

Steve, the whole dark house is breathing slow around you Nothing in this night has ever come to wound you Rain is counting time upon the glass to soothe you Steve, there is nowhere safer than the arms that found you

Verse 2

The beam has slipped along the wall to warm another corner Tracing all the little lines like roads that lead you home You do not need to follow where it's gone There is nothing you should chase, nowhere you should wander

Chorus

Steve, the whole dark house is breathing slow around you Nothing in this night has ever come to wound you Rain is counting time upon the glass to soothe you Steve, there is nowhere safer than the arms that found you

Bridge

Let the rain keep falling soft on every sill and ledge Let it hush you further down than any thought or worry Nothing waits beyond this room to pull you from the edge

Chorus

Steve, the whole dark house is breathing slow around you Nothing in this night has ever come to wound you Rain is counting time upon the glass to soothe you Steve, there is nowhere safer than the arms that found you

Outro

The light has settled now, a thin gold thread across the plaster Sleep now, you are held, and nothing here can ever harm you

Verse 1

The clock behind the glass has counted out its final click Its two small teeth have settled soft and slow And every corner of this room is folded warm around you There's nowhere in the world you need to go

Pre-chorus

The dark is only softness dressed in evening clothes tonight No shadow here would ever dare to climb so high So close your eyes and drift where all the quiet things reside

Chorus

Steve, my dear, the whole wide night is holding you so gently Every star has leaned in close to watch you dream You are safe as any harbour ever cradled in the moonlight Steve, there's nothing here but calm and steady seams

Verse 2

The pendulum has stopped its swinging just to let you settle Even time has slowed its steps to match your breath And somewhere past the glass the whole night listens just for you Wrapped in something softer than the dark could ever hold

Chorus

Steve, my dear, the whole wide night is holding you so gently Every star has leaned in close to watch you dream You are safe as any harbour ever cradled in the moonlight Steve, there's nothing here but calm and steady seams

Bridge

Sleep is just a door that opens soft and lets you through Nothing waits beyond it but the ones who love you true

Chorus

Steve, my dear, the whole wide night is holding you so gently Every star has leaned in close to watch you dream You are safe as any harbour ever cradled in the moonlight Steve, there's nothing here but calm and steady seams

Outro

The glass has gone as still as breath, the small teeth quiet now Sleep on, Steve, the whole night keeps you safe somehow

Verse 1

Far off the white foam slides across the dark stones so slow and something in that hush says all is well below the night has pulled its blanket wide across the sea and shore so let your busy little hands not carry you anymore

Pre-chorus

Listen how the water settles soft against the sand the whole wide night is holding you so gently in its hand and closer than that far off tide, there's someone here to stay

Chorus

Steve, my love, the dark won't ever ask too much of you close your eyes and let the quiet carry what is true Steve, the stars have all agreed to watch you while you sleep nothing in this soft night comes to wake you or to keep

Verse 2

The foam keeps folding over stones it's touched a thousand times and never once has hurried through its slow and easy rhymes so let your breathing find that same unbothered kind of pace there's nowhere you need reach tonight, no far off moving place

Chorus

Steve, my love, the dark won't ever ask too much of you close your eyes and let the quiet carry what is true Steve, the stars have all agreed to watch you while you sleep nothing in this soft night comes to wake you or to keep

Bridge

Every wave goes out and always finds its way back home just like you were never truly meant to rest alone warm and low the night wraps round you soft as it can weave

Chorus

Steve, my love, the dark won't ever ask too much of you close your eyes and let the quiet carry what is true Steve, the stars have all agreed to watch you while you sleep nothing in this soft night comes to wake you or to keep

Outro

Somewhere far the foam still slides across those dark quiet stones and here you rest as safe and held as anyone has known