Songs for Wesley

Verse 1

The green boat cuts through the waves Salt is drying white on the rail I keep my hand where yours was You never once seem to fail

Chorus

Wesley, you steady my whole day Some things get worn but you don't rust Every crossing feels less far Wesley, in you I put my trust

Verse 2

Spray comes up and stings my eyes Still I won't step back from you Wind keeps trying to take my voice You just hold on and pull me through

Pre-chorus

I've watched the salt crust and grow Watched you stay while old things go There's a thing I need you to know

Chorus

Wesley, you steady my whole day Some things get worn but you don't rust Every crossing feels less far Wesley, in you I put my trust

Bridge

No grand shore waiting up ahead Just this deck, this rail, this you Nothing here needs to be fixed I only need this to stay true

Chorus

Wesley, you steady my whole day Some things get worn but you don't rust Every crossing feels less far Wesley, in you I put my trust

Outro

The rail still wears its white crust I'd cross again for only you

Verse 1

Grass bends yellow on the slope Boots dig in against the wind I keep climbing, holding hope You're the reason I begin

Pre-chorus

I've been tested on this hill Every step has cost me something But my heart won't sit still

Chorus

Wesley, you're the best of me Steady when the ground gets steep Nothing here comes easily But it's you I mean to keep

Verse 2

Wind can turn a body testy Cold can make the softest zesty I don't need the path to level Just your hand when things get messily

Bridge

No view from here I'd trade away No easier road I'd rather climb You make the hardest kind of day Feel worth every step and time

Chorus

Wesley, you're the best of me Steady when the ground gets steep Nothing here comes easily But it's you I mean to keep

Outro

The grass still leans the way it always leant I'm still here, and that's what love meant

Verse 1

Feathers drift across the tarmac Nothing chasing, nothing frantic Two white lines and one small space You're the one who fills it, Wesley

Pre-chorus

I could stand here doing nothing Just watching how you move so slow Every quiet thing gets louder

Chorus

Wesley, you're the calm I needed Not the loudest, not the greediest You just steady what I bring Wesley, you're my best of me

Verse 2

Cars go past and never notice What we've got between the closest Feathers settle, then they're gone But you stay put, you always do

Bridge

I don't need the grand or zesty Just this parking lot at rest with You beside me, nothing pressing No performance, only presence

Chorus

Wesley, you're the calm I needed Not the loudest, not the greediest You just steady what I bring Wesley, you're my best of me

Outro

Let the feathers keep on drifting I've got you, and that's the whole of it

Verse 1

Somewhere a wicker chair leans and sighs beneath the quiet the floorboards holding on to every sound you make wool blankets sliding slow like they too are tired and you are held so gently nothing here could break

Chorus

Wesley, close your eyes now, let the whole house rest nobody sleeping near you loves you less than best Wesley, you're the calm this creaking room has blessed nothing tonight will touch you, nothing but your rest

Verse 2

Somewhere a lamp burns low and paints the wall in amber shadows folding softly where the corners meet you curl up smaller than the whole wide room around you safe as anything can be beneath these sheets

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the creaking slows, the wool has settled the night pulls in around you like a tide and still you're wanted here more than you'll ever know it

Chorus

Wesley, close your eyes now, let the whole house rest nobody sleeping near you loves you less than best Wesley, you're the calm this creaking room has blessed nothing tonight will touch you, nothing but your rest

Bridge

Let the chair keep talking softly to the floor you don't have to answer, you don't have to hold on sleep can carry all the things you're not ready for and love will still be waiting when the dark is gone

Chorus

Wesley, close your eyes now, let the whole house rest nobody sleeping near you loves you less than best Wesley, you're the calm this creaking room has blessed nothing tonight will touch you, nothing but your rest

Outro

Somewhere that same old wicker settles into silence and you sleep on, held safe, no matter how it creaks

Verse 1

The copper kettle is cooling now on the iron ring above the sink Somewhere a tap is letting its last slow drop fall soft and low The whole house has folded its hands and settled into evening And you are the warmest part of it, the reason it glows

Chorus

Wesley, Wesley, the night has come to hold you Every quiet corner is keeping you from harm Nothing in this house would ever let the cold near you Wesley, you can rest here, safe inside this calm

Verse 2

The last light is going soft along the kitchen wall Steam has faded slow into the sleepy air above the ring You are curled up smaller than the shadows in the hall And still you are the biggest, brightest, dearest thing

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the kettle has stopped its singing Everything that moved today has finally slowed down too So let your breathing follow, gentle, easy, clinging

Chorus

Wesley, Wesley, the night has come to hold you Every quiet corner is keeping you from harm Nothing in this house would ever let the cold near you Wesley, you can rest here, safe inside this calm

Bridge

Sleep is only the house breathing slower around you No one is going anywhere while you close your eyes Somewhere the tap still drips its old and steady rhythm Keeping the time until the morning light can rise

Chorus

Wesley, Wesley, the night has come to hold you Every quiet corner is keeping you from harm Nothing in this house would ever let the cold near you Wesley, you can rest here, safe inside this calm

Outro

The kettle sits cool and easy on the darkened iron ring And you sleep on, held safe, the softest, sweetest thing

Verse 1

Behind the guard the fire is settling low and slow tonight curling into softer greys as if it's saying goodnight too every little sound has folded into quiet now and you are wrapped in warmth that's yours to keep, my Wesley

Pre-chorus

Watch how gently colours fade to nothing you need fear embers dimming down to whispers, sinking soft and near so let your breathing slow to match the calm that's drawing close

Chorus

Wesley, hush now, let the glow go quiet in its keeping close your eyes and drift where all the dark is only sleeping nothing here will stir before the morning comes to find you Wesley, rest, you're held here safer than the best of me

Verse 2

Somewhere past the guard the last light folds and settles down you don't need to watch it, you can let your eyelids close warmth still lingers even when the flame has gone to rest and that same warmth is wrapped around you, holding steady

Bridge

Sleep can be as slow and grey as ashes falling still no one asks you to be anything but soft and warm tonight

Chorus

Wesley, hush now, let the glow go quiet in its keeping close your eyes and drift where all the dark is only sleeping nothing here will stir before the morning comes to find you Wesley, rest, you're held here safer than the best of me

Outro

Somewhere the last ash settles soft and grey behind the guard and you are sleeping warm, exactly where you're meant to be