Songs for Zayd

Verse 1

Cups lined up along the moss glowing green beside the water someone poured them just for you the whole street came to see it matter

Chorus

Zayd, the night is turning golden raise your cup and hold it high Zayd, we came here just to tell you you're the reason for the shine

Verse 2

I never thought a bank of moss could hold a party feel so true but every cup along that water was only ever meant for you

Pre-chorus

Feel that bassline start to build hear it climbing, watching, waiting one more year has found you here

Chorus

Zayd, the night is turning golden raise your cup and hold it high Zayd, we came here just to tell you you're the reason for the shine

Bridge

However far this year has led you we still call your name out loud the water keeps on moving forward and you keep making us proud

Chorus

Zayd, the night is turning golden raise your cup and hold it high Zayd, we came here just to tell you you're the reason for the shine

Outro

Long after all the cups are empty we'll still be glad that you were made

Verse 1

The trowels rest when the work is done Wooden tables worn by sun Rows of cabbages standing tall You're the reason we all stayed

Pre-chorus

We could go home, call it a day But nobody wants to walk away So light the lanterns, let them stay

Chorus

Zayd, you made this whole day shine Pour the cider, pass the wine Every year you're one of a kind Zayd, we're glad that you were made

Verse 2

You dig in deep and you don't quit Hands like yours, the garden fits Every seed you plant takes hold We're better for the love you gave

Bridge

Long past dusk and into shade Still we're singing, unafraid This is one more year we're paid In laughter that will never fade

Chorus

Zayd, you made this whole day shine Pour the cider, pass the wine Every year you're one of a kind Zayd, we're glad that you were made

Outro

Leave the trowels where they lay We'll come back another day

Verse 1

Someone's tangled paper round the latch Bright and crooked, nothing to match Cheap old streamers, torn at the ends Still they're holding, like all your friends

Chorus

Zayd, the horns are calling your name Every trumpet lit like a flame Zayd, we're raising cups for you Nobody plays a room quite like you do

Verse 2

Window's rattling, latch holds on Streamers catching every song You walk in and the whole place turns This is the night the brass band burns

Pre-chorus

Count it in, let the drum decide Open the window, let it ride Something is coming, stand aside

Chorus

Zayd, the horns are calling your name Every trumpet lit like a flame Zayd, we're raising cups for you Nobody plays a room quite like you do

Bridge

However far this year has strayed However long the party's stayed We'll shout it till the candles fade Glad that you were born, Zayd

Chorus

Zayd, the horns are calling your name Every trumpet lit like a flame Zayd, we're raising cups for you Nobody plays a room quite like you do

Outro

The latch still holds the streamers tight We'll hold you just as close tonight

Verse 1

Toll tickets curling in the dashboard light Wrappers from a mint we shared You kept the change from every drive Nothing thrown out, nothing spared

Pre-chorus

I never plan to keep this stuff But somehow none of it gets tossed Because it all still smells like you

Chorus

Zayd, you're the reason I don't clear it out Every scrap still says your name Zayd, I'd know your hand in half the dark You leave your mark, and I'm not the same

Verse 2

That receipt is from the night it rained We sat and let the engine run You laughed until the windows steamed Longest hour, over too soon

Chorus

Zayd, you're the reason I don't clear it out Every scrap still says your name Zayd, I'd know your hand in half the dark You leave your mark, and I'm not the same

Bridge

Some people travel light and free I'd rather carry all of this The clutter is the closeness, love A hundred small unfinished trips

Chorus

Zayd, you're the reason I don't clear it out Every scrap still says your name Zayd, I'd know your hand in half the dark You leave your mark, and I'm not the same

Outro

One day I'll empty out that pocket But not the one that you have made

Verse 1

Boots stuck hard beside the gate Winter came and would not wait You stepped out and left them there Proof that someone still stands where

Pre-chorus

Cold got into everything that year Still you never once looked back in fear So let me say what's always been true

Chorus

Zayd, you are the one I choose Through the freeze and through the thaw I choose Nothing here has made me sway Zayd, my love was built to stay

Verse 2

Mud can freeze and hold a shape Nothing in it wants to break Something in the way you stayed Told me this was never a phase

Bridge

Some love runs when the weather turns Yours just settles, yours just burns Quiet, steady, low and true That's the kind I found in you

Chorus

Zayd, you are the one I choose Through the freeze and through the thaw I choose Nothing here has made me sway Zayd, my love was built to stay

Outro

Come the spring the ground will give But we were never made to shift

Verse 1

Water runs over the old dry spoons softening what the day left hard something in that always calms me you do that too, the same regard

Pre-chorus

I never ask you to explain it the way you settle everything down only that you keep on staying

Chorus

Zayd, you're the ease that finds me steady as water, never delayed not loud about it, never afraid Zayd, this is how love is made

Verse 2

Some things soften slow, not fast patience is a kind of art the bowl fills up, the wood remembers you're the part I keep of my heart

Pre-chorus

I never ask you to explain it the way you settle everything down only that you keep on staying

Chorus

Zayd, you're the ease that finds me steady as water, never delayed not loud about it, never afraid Zayd, this is how love is made

Bridge

No grand flood, no sudden wave just the same warmth, poured again that's the love that keeps, that's stayed

Chorus

Zayd, you're the ease that finds me steady as water, never delayed not loud about it, never afraid Zayd, this is how love is made

Outro

The spoons dry soft now in the bowl and I am soft too, being played

Verse 1

Somewhere the moths are tapping softly on the glass looking for a light that will always let them pass but you are held already, warm behind the pane safe where the dark outside can never reach again

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the house is breathing slow and low every little sound has somewhere soft to go and all of the night is leaning in to stay

Chorus

Zayd, my love, the evening folds you in its shade nothing in this world will ever leave you afraid Zayd, the stars have all their little candles laid just to watch you sleeping until the morning's made

Verse 2

The greenhouse glass holds warmth the whole night through and that same gentle warmth is wrapped around you too every breath you take is safe here in the dark nothing but the softest hush and one small sleepy spark

Chorus

Zayd, my love, the evening folds you in its shade nothing in this world will ever leave you afraid Zayd, the stars have all their little candles laid just to watch you sleeping until the morning's made

Bridge

Rest your head, let every worry drift and fade you are loved beyond the reach of any shade

Chorus

Zayd, my love, the evening folds you in its shade nothing in this world will ever leave you afraid Zayd, the stars have all their little candles laid just to watch you sleeping until the morning's made

Outro

The moths have settled now, their small wings finally still and you are sleeping softly, safe from every chill

Verse 1

Drops are sliding slowly down the window pane tonight the yellow blind is drawn to keep the chill outside you are wrapped up warm and held here in the low light and nothing in that rain can touch you, nothing tried

Pre-chorus

Let the small sounds of the evening soften into one let your busy little thoughts lie down and rest the whole wide house is quiet now till morning comes with sun

Chorus

Zayd, the night has come to wrap you soft and keep you made close your eyes and let the hours be gently laid every worry of the day has found its shade you are loved right here, Zayd, and never left, never afraid

Verse 2

The glass is cool but you are warmer than the rain could be somewhere far the wind is humming low and slow this little room holds all the safety that you need and I will stay right here as long as you might go

Bridge

Sleep can come now soft as water down the pane nothing outside these walls will ever cause you pain

Chorus

Zayd, the night has come to wrap you soft and keep you made close your eyes and let the hours be gently laid every worry of the day has found its shade you are loved right here, Zayd, and never left, never afraid

Outro

The last drop slides and settles at the window's end sleep now, you are held, and morning is your friend

Verse 1

The blanket tent is soft and low above your sleepy head The lantern's switched off now, tucked in gently by your side You don't need the light to know that you are safe in bed Because the dark tonight has nothing in it to hide

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the whole day slowly drift away Every worry folds up small and rests until the morning Feel how quiet this small space becomes when you're this loved

Chorus

Zayd, the night is holding you the way that I have made Soft and warm and closer than the softest, warmest shade Nothing in this room tonight could ever leave you afraid Sleep now, little Zayd, you're safe, and love is why you stayed

Verse 2

The dark outside the blanket doesn't reach you where you lie You're wrapped in something steadier than any lantern's glow There's no need to keep a light on just to say goodnight Because I'm right here with you and I'm not going to go

Bridge

Even switched off, the little light still watches over you It doesn't need to shine to know exactly what to do

Chorus

Zayd, the night is holding you the way that I have made Soft and warm and closer than the softest, warmest shade Nothing in this room tonight could ever leave you afraid Sleep now, little Zayd, you're safe, and love is why you stayed

Outro

Somewhere in the blanket tent, the lantern rests unlit Sleep now, little Zayd, and know I'm watching over it