Songs for Tobias

Verse 1

You leave the foam there on the rim I used to mind, now I miss him No, I mean I miss it when you're gone Small mess you make that I depend on

Pre-chorus

It's not the sink or what it holds It's how you stay when mornings turn cold And how that stillness starts to grow

Chorus

Tobias, you make the quiet kind Nothing rushed and nothing signed Two brushes leaning in one glass Steady as the mornings pass

Verse 2

You hum a bit while rinsing clean Same old tune, same in between I stand behind you, half awake Glad for every year you stay

Chorus

Tobias, you make the quiet kind Nothing rushed and nothing signed Two brushes leaning in one glass Steady as the mornings pass

Bridge

No grand words said, no need to try Just towels crossed and days gone by I'd choose this same small room again Choose your hand back in mine

Chorus

Tobias, you make the quiet kind Nothing rushed and nothing signed Two brushes leaning in one glass Steady as the mornings pass

Outro

The foam will dry, the tap will drip Still I'll reach for you like this

Verse 1

Stone keeps sliding down that hill Nothing there to make it stay Every fence line rusted through Still you find a way to stay

Pre-chorus

I've been loose and I've been falling Rolling since I don't know when Then you reach and something holds

Chorus

Tobias, you're the ground I land on Steady when the slope gives way Call your name like it's a psalm Tobias, you're the reason I can stay

Verse 2

Wire can't hold back what it's given Grass grows thin where feet have been You don't hold me out of duty You just hold, and that's enough to lean

Chorus

Tobias, you're the ground I land on Steady when the slope gives way Call your name like it's a psalm Tobias, you're the reason I can stay

Bridge

Let the hillside keep on breaking I don't need it whole Long as you're the thing that's waiting Long as you're my hold

Chorus

Tobias, you're the ground I land on Steady when the slope gives way Call your name like it's a psalm Tobias, you're the reason I can stay

Outro

Stone still slides down that same hill But I'm not going anywhere

Verse 1

Steam rises off the paper parcels the bottles sweat under the light you laugh at something small and simple and I forget the words I had

Chorus

Tobias, you make the ordinary hum this counter feels like coming home every plain thing turns to something Tobias, I would choose this every time

Verse 2

We split the chips and share the vinegar you always give the bigger half the lights buzz on above the counter and I watch you like it's art

Pre-chorus

Nothing here was built for beauty yet somehow beauty finds its way I feel it rising as you turn to me

Chorus

Tobias, you make the ordinary hum this counter feels like coming home every plain thing turns to something Tobias, I would choose this every time

Bridge

No candles here, no careful setting just grease and light and your two hands but nothing ever felt so certain as this, right here, however small

Chorus

Tobias, you make the ordinary hum this counter feels like coming home every plain thing turns to something Tobias, I would choose this every time

Outro

The bottles still sweat under the light and I would sit here always, with you