Songs for Todd

Verse 1

Boxes stacked against the wind won't fall down, they're built to hold just like you when skies turn grey standing steady, standing bold

Chorus

Todd, you light the whole platform up every cloud moves out your way we're all singing, give a nod happy birthday, Todd, today

Verse 2

Trains keep leaving, one by one but you're the one who stays and waits holding warmth in your two hands turning grey days into great

Pre-chorus

Count the years like miles gone by every one of them worth the ride so lift it up and let it go

Chorus

Todd, you light the whole platform up every cloud moves out your way we're all singing, give a nod happy birthday, Todd, today

Bridge

Wind can howl, we don't care you're the warmth that we all share stack the years up, watch them grow you're the best thing we all know

Chorus

Todd, you light the whole platform up every cloud moves out your way we're all singing, give a nod happy birthday, Todd, today

Outro

Boxes stacked but never falling just like you, we're always calling

Verse 1

Quarters shake behind the glass Chrome drums spinning warm and slow Something in this room feels lucky Every time you steal the show

Pre-chorus

Hear the coins begin to drop Watch the lights start catching gold Something's building, never stopping

Chorus

Todd, the whole machine lights up Every wheel lines up for you Todd, we came here just to watch you Win the way you always do

Verse 2

Nothing here is left to chance Every spin was always yours Trod this floor a thousand times Still you open all the doors

Chorus

Todd, the whole machine lights up Every wheel lines up for you Todd, we came here just to watch you Win the way you always do

Bridge

Give us one more turn tonight Let the glass panels glow We're not leaving till you've won it Only you could steal this show

Chorus

Todd, the whole machine lights up Every wheel lines up for you Todd, we came here just to watch you Win the way you always do

Outro

Quarters settle, room stays warm You're the jackpot, every year

Verse 1

Dry dirt, tall cane, something starts to climb Every summer proves it, given time You keep the wild things steady Growing green because you nod

Pre-chorus

You tie the loose things down You turn the plain to gold So let the count begin

Chorus

Todd, you're the reason we're all here Raise up a glass, let's give a cheer Nobody else could hold this crowd like you We're glad you're the one that we call Todd

Verse 2

Vines don't grow straight without a hand You've always known just where to stand The whole patch leans towards you Like you're the sun and not the pod

Pre-chorus

You tie the loose things down You turn the plain to gold So let the count begin

Chorus

Todd, you're the reason we're all here Raise up a glass, let's give a cheer Nobody else could hold this crowd like you We're glad you're the one that we call Todd

Bridge

Another year staked out and climbing Another summer, right on time We're cutting cake, not tomatoes But you're still the best thing we've grown

Chorus

Todd, you're the reason we're all here Raise up a glass, let's give a cheer Nobody else could hold this crowd like you We're glad you're the one that we call Todd

Outro

The cane still holds the vine up straight Happy birthday, Todd, you're worth the wait

Verse 1

Water drips slow off the clay finding its own way to stay Under the green roof, soft and low that's how my feeling for you grows

Pre-chorus

I don't need lightning or noise just something steady I trust Something that stays when it must

Chorus

Todd, you're the calm I lean on steady as stone, plain as a nod No one has ever loved like this quiet and sure, Todd, that's us

Verse 2

The shelf holds on through the rain worn soft by the weight it's borne again You hold on to me the same way never once asking me to stay

Chorus

Todd, you're the calm I lean on steady as stone, plain as a nod No one has ever loved like this quiet and sure, Todd, that's us

Bridge

I've seen you tired, seen you sure seen you standing in the downpour Never once did you look away that's the whole reason I stay

Chorus

Todd, you're the calm I lean on steady as stone, plain as a nod No one has ever loved like this quiet and sure, Todd, that's us

Outro

Long after the water stops its fall I'll still be here loving you, that's all

Verse 1

You set the basket down so slow Like the whole afternoon could show Pears too hard to eat just yet I watch you and I already know

Pre-chorus

You fold the napkin twice, not once Careful with the smallest things And I forget to breathe a beat Waiting for what your quiet brings

Chorus

Todd, you make the ordinary hold Some days feel like they turn to gold Nothing here is rushed or loud Todd, I'd choose this every time we're told

Verse 2

The napkins keep the shape of your hands Longer than I thought cloth could You never say the big soft words You just stay, and somehow that's understood

Bridge

Let the pears stay hard a while We don't need them ripe today I've got you here on the short grass That's enough to make me stay

Chorus

Todd, you make the ordinary hold Some days feel like they turn to gold Nothing here is rushed or loud Todd, I'd choose this every time we're told

Outro

The basket's empty, we're still here Todd, that's the whole story, clear

Verse 1

The tent went tight against the wind and you laughed, holding the rope I watched the yellow snap and pull and thought, this is how we cope

Pre-chorus

Every gust wants to take something but you plant your feet and stay so I lean into what holds

Chorus

Todd, you're the weight I lean on when the whole sky starts to shove steady even when it's howling Todd, that's the shape of your love

Verse 2

Some nights the wind forgets to stop and still you don't let go you'd rather stand there in the cold than leave me swaying so

Bridge

I've seen you brace for smaller storms the kind that never make the news you never once let me blow away that's not nothing, that's what I choose

Chorus

Todd, you're the weight I lean on when the whole sky starts to shove steady even when it's howling Todd, that's the shape of your love

Outro

The fabric's calm now, and so am I held here, long after the wind went by