Songs for Sydney

Verse 1

Neon buzzing over the door Lights are stuttering, catching the beat Something wild is tumbling on the floor You walk in and light up the street

Pre-chorus

Everybody's counting down the noise Hands are clapping, nobody sits still We're all waiting on this one moment

Chorus

Sydney, get the candles ready Spin us round till the whole room sways Nobody holds a room quite steady Sydney, you're the best part of these days

Verse 2

Boxes tumbling under flickering light Nothing in this town spins quite like you Every year you make the dark feel bright Every year the old song still feels true

Chorus

Sydney, get the candles ready Spin us round till the whole room sways Nobody holds a room quite steady Sydney, you're the best part of these days

Bridge

Shout it till the ceiling shakes Nobody else could steal this scene However fast the whole world spins You're still the brightest thing we've seen

Chorus

Sydney, get the candles ready Spin us round till the whole room sways Nobody holds a room quite steady Sydney, you're the best part of these days

Outro

Let the neon keep on humming Sydney, you're the reason we're here

Verse 1

Streamers caught up on the hoop again Nobody bothers pulling them down Every eye in here keeps drifting Straight back to where you stand

Pre-chorus

Something is building on this floor Feel it climb up through your chest We are not waiting any longer

Chorus

Sydney, the lights are up for you Nothing about tonight feels ordinary or plain Count every year that brought you here Stay a while, stand beside me

Verse 2

Yellow floorboards hum beneath your feet Somebody's shouting your name from the back Grab the moment before it's gone This whole room won't stay tidy

Pre-chorus

Something is building on this floor Feel it climb up through your chest We are not waiting any longer

Chorus

Sydney, the lights are up for you Nothing about tonight feels ordinary or plain Count every year that brought you here Stay a while, stand beside me

Bridge

Blow the candles toward the rafters Let the paper rain down slow Every year has led directly here Nobody wants this song to go

Chorus

Sydney, the lights are up for you Nothing about tonight feels ordinary or plain Count every year that brought you here Stay a while, stand beside me

Outro

Somewhere a streamer still hangs from that hoop We'll leave it there for you

Verse 1

Old brass tray is spilling over Someone's chalking up the score We came here for the cheap beer But you're the reason we walk through that door

Pre-chorus

Stools are sticky, lights are low Every face here starts to glow Give the fiddle room to grow

Chorus

Sydney, Sydney, hear us shout it Nobody parties like you do Grab a glass and don't you doubt it This whole room is stuck on you

Verse 2

Darts are flying, someone's cheating You just laugh and steal the win You make the whole dive feel like family You turn strangers into kin

Bridge

Blow the smoke and make a wish Kidney, tidy, none rhyme like this Whatever year you're turning to We're glad we're stuck in here with you

Chorus

Sydney, Sydney, hear us shout it Nobody parties like you do Grab a glass and don't you doubt it This whole room is stuck on you

Outro

Ashtray's full, the board's still spinning You're still here, and it's still your beginning

Verse 1

Watch the amber climb so slowly up the stripes tonight Softly up the wall it goes, a quiet kind of light You are wrapped in blankets warm and heavy with the day Every worry you were holding melts and drifts away

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the house grow quiet, let your breathing slow Close your eyes and feel the warmth begin to gently flow Sleep is waiting just beyond the glow

Chorus

Sydney, sleep beneath the amber light Nothing here will trouble you tonight Safe and warm, so quietly you lie Sydney, drifting soft as any sigh

Verse 2

Down below the handrail waits so white and calm and still Painted years ago by someone who would keep you safe Nobody will move it while you rest here in this room Sleep will hold you gently till the morning comes for you

Chorus

Sydney, sleep beneath the amber light Nothing here will trouble you tonight Safe and warm, so quietly you lie Sydney, drifting soft as any sigh

Bridge

Bide with me a little longer, let the hours go slow Rest here where the gentle colours softly, softly glow

Chorus

Sydney, sleep beneath the amber light Nothing here will trouble you tonight Safe and warm, so quietly you lie Sydney, drifting soft as any sigh

Outro

The amber fades but leaves its warmth still on the wall Sleep well, little one, for someone watches over all

Verse 1

Salt spray is clinging soft to the dark glass now hushing the world until it forgets how to be loud far off the water thuds low against the sand you are already drifting, safe and slow somehow

Chorus

Sydney, Sydney, close your eyes and bide with me nothing out there in the dark can trouble what we've grown hold my hand and let the tide talk quietly Sydney, you were always meant to be beside me

Verse 2

Every sound outside has softened to a hush the night pulls its blanket gently over the wide bay you don't need to listen, only need to rest here tucked in warm while the water sings itself away

Pre-chorus

Sleep is coming closer now like a tide creeping in let your small breath slow to match the sea's slow swell stay a moment longer here before you drift completely

Chorus

Sydney, Sydney, close your eyes and bide with me nothing out there in the dark can trouble what we've grown hold my hand and let the tide talk quietly Sydney, you were always meant to be beside me

Bridge

Nothing can reach you through this warm and quiet room not the wind, not the dark, not the wide unsettled sea

Chorus

Sydney, Sydney, close your eyes and bide with me nothing out there in the dark can trouble what we've grown hold my hand and let the tide talk quietly Sydney, you were always meant to be beside me

Outro

Let the salt spray settle soft against the glass you are held here safely till the morning comes at last

Verse 1

Moonlight slips in soft between the lace and the wall Curtains lift and settle like a breath let go slow Your small hands are curled where the quiet starts to fall Close your eyes now, darling, let the hush be all you know

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past the window the whole world turns to hush Nothing out there needs you, not tonight, not just yet So let the last light fade and let the day just

Chorus

Sydney, Sydney, tidy up your worries and lie down Nothing in this room will ever wander far from you Let the moon keep watch and let the lace turn round I will stay right here and quietly bide beside you too

Verse 2

The frame beneath you creaks the way old wood always will Rocking you so gentle like it learned to love you too Shadows on the ceiling never mean a bit of ill They only came to watch the moonlight fall on you

Pre-chorus

Somewhere past the window the whole world turns to hush Nothing out there needs you, not tonight, not just yet So let the last light fade and let the day just

Chorus

Sydney, Sydney, tidy up your worries and lie down Nothing in this room will ever wander far from you Let the moon keep watch and let the lace turn round I will stay right here and quietly bide beside you too

Bridge

Sleep is only love that learned to hum instead of speak Every breath you take is safe and known and warm and slow

Chorus

Sydney, Sydney, tidy up your worries and lie down Nothing in this room will ever wander far from you Let the moon keep watch and let the lace turn round I will stay right here and quietly bide beside you too

Outro

Lace will keep on moving long after you have gone to sleep And I'll be right here watching, keeping all your quiet safe to keep