Songs for Taylor

Verse 1

The mug goes cold beside your boots Mud still holding both your routes I know the sound of your slow tread I keep the kettle on instead

Pre-chorus

You don't ask me to say much I just wait here for your touch And the waiting turns to this

Chorus

Taylor, you're the one I'm choosing Every steady beat I'm losing Nothing paler, nothing truer Taylor, I keep coming back to you or

Verse 2

Some nights you come in soaked and tired Some nights you come in half on fire Either way I hold the door I don't need you to be more

Chorus

Taylor, you're the one I'm choosing Every steady beat I'm losing Nothing paler, nothing truer Taylor, I keep coming back to you or

Bridge

I'm not chasing something grander I'm just here, I'm not a stranger Take your boots off, sit with me This is all I want to be

Chorus

Taylor, you're the one I'm choosing Every steady beat I'm losing Nothing paler, nothing truer Taylor, I keep coming back to you or

Outro

The mug will still be warm tonight Come in from the fading light

Verse 1

I saw amber spill across the road and thought of how you carry light the puddles catching gold and grey you turn the dark into a home

Pre-chorus

I walk slower when I think of you every streetlamp holds your name so tell me I don't have to hurry

Chorus

Taylor, you're the warmth I walk toward every door feels open when you're near nothing paler than a night without you Taylor, I'd know your light anywhere

Verse 2

The wet ground holds the colours longer the way I hold on to your voice some nights the walk feels like forever but I'm never lost when I think of you

Bridge

You don't have to shine to be my light you just have to still be there some loves are loud, but ours is quiet and quiet has never let me down

Chorus

Taylor, you're the warmth I walk toward every door feels open when you're near nothing paler than a night without you Taylor, I'd know your light anywhere

Outro

I'm still walking home through amber light and you're the door I'm walking to

Verse 1

You threw the white sheet back like snow Neon paints your shoulder red I watch the colours come and go And love the words you left unsaid

Pre-chorus

The city hums outside the glass Nothing here is built to last But something in this room is true

Chorus

Taylor, you're the calm inside the blaze Steadier than the neon's glare Taylor, through the smoke and haze You're the one clear thing I wear

Verse 2

You laugh and the light shifts with you Half gold, half blue, all real I've known softer rooms and truer views But never felt what I now feel

Chorus

Taylor, you're the calm inside the blaze Steadier than the neon's glare Taylor, through the smoke and haze You're the one clear thing I wear

Bridge

No one else could hold this light so still Every sign outside just spells your name This whole loud city bends to your will And somehow makes the quiet feel the same

Chorus

Taylor, you're the calm inside the blaze Steadier than the neon's glare Taylor, through the smoke and haze You're the one clear thing I wear

Outro

The signs go dark, the white sheet stays You're still the brightest thing I've seen

Verse 1

Dark green water is lapping soft on the old wooden hull tonight holding this little boat so steady, so calm, so quiet and right nothing out there can reach you now, nothing can touch this place you are held here so gently, cradled in warm lantern light

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the water hush every sound away feel the slow, easy rocking carry the whole tired day the dark is only soft here, waiting to sing you to

Chorus

Taylor, Taylor, the water is calling you softly to rest drifting so easy, held safe and warm on its breast nothing will wake you, nothing will trouble your sleep sleep now, my Taylor, you are the one I love best

Verse 2

The little boat sways slow beneath a sky gone deep and still every small ripple is only the night being kind and gentle you are the warmest thing in this whole quiet, drifting world and I will watch over you until the morning spills

Bridge

Rest your small head, let the dark water carry the weight of you there is nowhere safer than this boat, nowhere truer

Chorus

Taylor, Taylor, the water is calling you softly to rest drifting so easy, held safe and warm on its breast nothing will wake you, nothing will trouble your sleep sleep now, my Taylor, you are the one I love best

Outro

The dark green water is still holding the little wooden hull sleep now, and know you are loved beyond measure, beyond all

Verse 1

Somewhere a blanket is holding onto the day's last warmth Waiting up quiet along a dim and sleepy hall You are the reason that soft thing was ever kept close You are the one that this whole house folds itself around

Chorus

Taylor, the dark isn't something to fear tonight Close your eyes slowly and drift toward morning light Nothing will stir here, no reason to be afraid Taylor, you're held in the warmth that we've made

Verse 2

Down at the end where the shadows are gentle and long Something stays folded and ready in case you need warm You don't have to know it's there to be kept by it Sleep and let quiet things watch over you tonight

Pre-chorus

Breathe out the day now, let every worry go small Nothing tonight needs an answer or you at all Just let the hush come and carry you soft as it can

Chorus

Taylor, the dark isn't something to fear tonight Close your eyes slowly and drift toward morning light Nothing will stir here, no reason to be afraid Taylor, you're held in the warmth that we've made

Bridge

However far off the morning may seem to be Someone is folding the warmth to keep it near you However dark the hallway outside your door You are the warm thing that this whole house is for

Chorus

Taylor, the dark isn't something to fear tonight Close your eyes slowly and drift toward morning light Nothing will stir here, no reason to be afraid Taylor, you're held in the warmth that we've made

Outro

Somewhere that blanket keeps its small patient warmth for you Sleep now, love, the whole night is folded round you too

Verse 1

Down that quiet hall the light was clean and low Every tile was gleaming, waiting just for you Someone carried you so gently through that glow And the whole wide world felt certain, calm and true

Chorus

Taylor, Taylor, close your eyes and rest your head Nothing in this dark will ever reach you here You are held so softly, safe in this warm bed Sleep now, Taylor, know that you are always dear

Verse 2

Somewhere down that hallway morning starts to break But here inside this room the night is soft and slow I will stay beside you long after you wake Watching how you breathe, and loving how you glow

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the humming of the house grow still Every little worry drifting far away Let this gentle quiet be the way you sail

Chorus

Taylor, Taylor, close your eyes and rest your head Nothing in this dark will ever reach you here You are held so softly, safe in this warm bed Sleep now, Taylor, know that you are always dear

Bridge

No corridor, no distance, ever pulls you from my sight You are the calm at the centre of my night

Chorus

Taylor, Taylor, close your eyes and rest your head Nothing in this dark will ever reach you here You are held so softly, safe in this warm bed Sleep now, Taylor, know that you are always dear

Outro

Somewhere that light still gleams along an empty hall But you are wrapped in warmth, and safest of us all