Love Songs for Veronica

Verse 1

Your jacket's soaked clean through Water's pooling by your shoe Cold got into everything but you You're grinning like the sun broke through

Pre-chorus

I keep waiting for the frown Some sign that this has worn you down But you just pull me closer now

Chorus

Veronica, you don't mind the rain I've never met your kind of calm Veronica, you make the losing feel like gain You turn a storm into a psalm

Verse 2

The crack fills up and spills again Nobody's coming in from this You could've run and called it sense Instead you turned it into bliss

Chorus

Veronica, you don't mind the rain I've never met your kind of calm Veronica, you make the losing feel like gain You turn a storm into a psalm

Bridge

Everyone else runs for cover I just want to stand right here Watching how you hold the weather Like it's nothing much to fear

Chorus

Veronica, you don't mind the rain I've never met your kind of calm Veronica, you make the losing feel like gain You turn a storm into a psalm

Outro

The water's still finding that crack I'm still glad I followed you back

Verse 1

Frost cracks under my leather boots cold ground giving way to roots wire fence rusted, standing bent you're the warmth in this cold tent

Pre-chorus

Tall grass bows where we have been I keep walking, still unseen something's building, I can feel it start

Chorus

Veronica, you steady my chest hold me closer than all the rest Veronica, the fence line bends but you and I don't break like them

Verse 2

Dry grass hisses at my knee you're the one who walks with me frost keeps cracking, sharp and clean you're the calm behind the scene

Pre-chorus

Tall grass bows where we have been I keep walking, still unseen something's building, I can feel it start

Chorus

Veronica, you steady my chest hold me closer than all the rest Veronica, the fence line bends but you and I don't break like them

Bridge

Some loves burn fast and disappear some just stay for years and years you're the second kind, still here quiet, sure, and never near the edge

Chorus

Veronica, you steady my chest hold me closer than all the rest Veronica, the fence line bends but you and I don't break like them

Outro

Frost will melt before the noon but you don't leave the way frost does

Verse 1

We forgot the plates again Eggs roll off the checkered cloth Pine needles stick to everything I laugh because you're laughing then

Pre-chorus

Nothing about today was planned right But you make the mess feel like home And I'm leaning in closer

Chorus

Veronica, you steady my hands This whole park could sink in the sand I'd still choose this damp patch of ground With you is the only place I stand

Verse 2

You peel the shell slow, careful Hand it to me without a word Some things don't need explaining This is the quietest I've heard

Bridge

No music here but your voice No plan, no clock, no rush Just salt on my fingers And you, which is enough

Chorus

Veronica, you steady my hands This whole park could sink in the sand I'd still choose this damp patch of ground With you is the only place I stand

Outro

The cloth still smells like pine and rain I'd spread it out for you again