Songs for Willow

Verse 1

The kettle clicks and you don't wake Steam sits soft above the lake Of water in the old grey sink I wash one mug for your sake

Chorus

Willow, you're the calm I found Morning light lands on wet ground No need to speak, no need to prove Willow, you're the steady sound

Verse 2

I set your mug beside the pane Watch the glass go bright with rain You come down still half asleep And nothing needs to be explained

Pre-chorus

You lean in, still warm from bed Say some joke half in your head And I forget whatever I was going to say

Chorus

Willow, you're the calm I found Morning light lands on wet ground No need to speak, no need to prove Willow, you're the steady sound

Bridge

Some loves shout to make it real Mine just sits here, pours, and waits This is how I choose to feel Quiet, sure, and never late

Chorus

Willow, you're the calm I found Morning light lands on wet ground No need to speak, no need to prove Willow, you're the steady sound

Outro

Two mugs drying on the rack Willow, I would choose this, back

Verse 1

The house goes quiet, and I wait I keep the receiver by my head Nobody else could make me stay up Just to hear the words you said

Chorus

Willow, you call and the night softens Nothing else sounds quite the same There's a hush that comes when you're talking I could listen all night, Willow, say my name

Verse 2

Some folks talk to fill the silence You talk and the silence means something true I hold the line a little longer Just to stay closer to you

Pre-chorus

The clock keeps time but I don't mind it Your voice is slow, it's low, it's kind I feel the pull before you say it

Chorus

Willow, you call and the night softens Nothing else sounds quite the same There's a hush that comes when you're talking I could listen all night, Willow, say my name

Bridge

No screen between us, just a wire Just your breath and mine combined Whatever hour, however far You're the one I keep in mind

Chorus

Willow, you call and the night softens Nothing else sounds quite the same There's a hush that comes when you're talking I could listen all night, Willow, say my name

Outro

I'll set the phone back on the table Still warm from holding you so near

Verse 1

You leave the flyers in a stack tuck one record from the rack you never say it out loud but you kept it from the crowd

Pre-chorus

I saw you slide it out of sight saw the way you got it right and now I can't stop thinking why

Chorus

Willow, you notice what I need that quiet kind of care and speed other names don't hold this weight Willow, you're worth the wait

Verse 2

Counter's scratched from years of hands every song someone else's plans but you remembered what I said you kept that one instead

Bridge

No grand gesture, just this small one just a sleeve behind the till that's how I know that I'm the someone you would choose to think of still

Chorus

Willow, you notice what I need that quiet kind of care and speed other names don't hold this weight Willow, you're worth the wait

Outro

Someday I'll find that record's gone but I'll still hear it playing on