Love Songs for Zara

Verse 1

Foam in the basin, still wet The watch on the shelf still ticks You left in a hurry today But your trace is in all of it

Chorus

Zara, you're the reason mornings hold Even when the room is bare Sahara couldn't dry this love Zara, I still feel you here

Verse 2

The glass by the tap is warm Your hurried hand still on the door I stand here just to breathe it in Loving you a little more

Pre-chorus

It's not the little things you leave It's how they carry all you are So when the water finally drains

Chorus

Zara, you're the reason mornings hold Even when the room is bare Sahara couldn't dry this love Zara, I still feel you here

Bridge

I could wipe the basin clean Stop the watch, let the moment pass But why would I erase the proof That says you're mine, that says you're here

Chorus

Zara, you're the reason mornings hold Even when the room is bare Sahara couldn't dry this love Zara, I still feel you here

Outro

The foam has gone, the watch ticks on And still, somehow, you're everywhere

Verse 1

Cold knife left on a patterned plate Nothing planned, nothing to state You sit there in the early light And somehow the whole day feels right

Pre-chorus

I never learned to say it grand I just know I love your hand Reaching for the same old jam

Chorus

Zara, this is what I mean Steady, plain, and in between No Sahara, no wide sea Just you, breakfast, close to me

Verse 2

You laugh at something on your phone Butter's soft, the bread's still warm I watch you like it's brand new ground Though we've sat here years around

Pre-chorus

I never learned to say it grand I just know I love your hand Reaching for the same old jam

Chorus

Zara, this is what I mean Steady, plain, and in between No Sahara, no wide sea Just you, breakfast, close to me

Bridge

Some days I forget to look Then you turn a single page And I remember why I stayed

Chorus

Zara, this is what I mean Steady, plain, and in between No Sahara, no wide sea Just you, breakfast, close to me

Outro

The knife still rests on the same blue plate And I would choose this every day

Verse 1

Grass keeps bending in the wind Nothing out here stands up straight Except one line of stacked grey stone You hold your ground the same way, Zara

Pre-chorus

I've seen storms come through and take the field I've seen soft things break and hard things kneel But you don't move, you just stay

Chorus

Zara, you're the wall across the hill Everything bends around you, but you're still Kara could never hold like you hold I lean on you and I always will

Verse 2

Years wear down most things that stand Fences fall and gates give way You've stayed the shape you always were That's not luck, that's just you, Zara

Bridge

I don't need the wind to stop I just need you standing where you are Some things are loved for how they change You're loved for how you never do

Chorus

Zara, you're the wall across the hill Everything bends around you, but you're still Kara could never hold like you hold I lean on you and I always will

Outro

The grass will keep on bending, let it You're the line that holds, and I'm home