The Slow Hours

The Slow Hours is a release by Lina Verne. Stream it on every major platform or read the story behind the song on linaverne.com.

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Lyrics

When the Day Comes

The night is folding softly
Over rooftops washed in blue
The kettle hums its quiet tune
The world is almost new

I don't know what the day will bring
A letter or a storm
But I have learned to leave the door
Unlocked, the lamplight warm

When the day comes, I'll be ready
With my heart an open hand
Every hour, slow and steady
Is a gift I understand

Some mornings ask for courage
Some just ask for tea
Whatever knocks upon my door
Will find the best of me

I used to fear tomorrow
Count the shadows on the wall
Now I let the morning come to me
And I don't mind at all

When the day comes, I'll be ready
With my heart an open hand
Every hour, slow and steady
Is a gift I understand
When the day comes
When the day comes
I'll be here

Paper Smiles

The world was one thing yesterday
Today it's something new
The headlines keep on dancing
And I don't know what is true

And people wear their paper smiles
So polished and so bright
But paper folds and paper burns
And paper's always light

So I keep my little compass
In the pocket of my coat
For true is what you do, my darling
Not the pretty things you quote

Some faces change like weather
Some promises like sand
But an honest heart is easy
You can feel it in a hand

Let the world keep spinning stories
Let the mirrors have their day
I have learned to love the simple truth
That doesn't fade away

So I keep my little compass
In the pocket of my coat
For true is what you do, my darling
Not the pretty things you quote
Paper smiles will fold and fade
But the real ones stay
The real ones stay

The Slow Hours

The world runs past my window
Always running out of time
I let it go and pour my cup
The slow hours, they are mine

Nobody plants a garden
And hurries up a rose
The sweetest things I ever knew
Took all the time they chose

Give me the slow hours
The kind that let you breathe
Where friends can finish stories
And no one has to leave
The clock can keep on racing
I'll keep the slow hours with me

My grandmother would tell me
While shelling peas in June
The quickest way to miss your life
Is finishing too soon

The world may keep on spinning
A little faster every day
But maybe wisdom's just the art
Of moving your own way

Give me the slow hours
The kind that let you breathe
Where friends can finish stories
And no one has to leave
The clock can keep on racing
I'll keep the slow hours with me
The slow hours
The slow hours

A Little More

I've turned the pages over
I've asked the quiet sky
Why the river finds the ocean
And why the birds know when to fly

I don't need the whole equation
I don't need every door
Just a candle in the darkness
Just to understand a little more

A little more, a little more
Of what it's all about
Not the answer to forever
Just enough to ease the doubt
And maybe love is all the meaning
That we were meant to find
A little more, a little more
And I think I'd be just fine

Maybe we were never meant to
Hold the whole design
Maybe wonder is the gift
And not the flaw in the grand old line

So I'll stop trying to solve it
And I'll live it while I can
And if I never crack the riddle
Well at least I held your hand

A little more, a little more
Of what it's all about
Not the answer to forever
Just enough to ease the doubt
And maybe love is all the meaning
That we were meant to find
A little more, a little more
And I think I'd be just fine
Just a little more
Just a little more

The Same Old Moon

Two voices on the radio
Were fighting over ground
I switched it off and heard the rain
Fall gentle all around

The rain don't ask who's right or wrong
It waters every seed
Sometimes the simple questions
Are the biggest ones we need

We all sleep beneath the same old moon
We wake up to the same old sun
So tell me, what's the big idea?
Why can't we just get along?
There's room enough for everyone
Under the same old moon

I've watched strangers in the snow
Push a car that wasn't theirs
Nobody asked each other's names
And nobody kept scores

Maybe the future's listening
To what we sound like now
So let it hear us laughing
Let it hear us work it out somehow

We all sleep beneath the same old moon
We wake up to the same old sun
So tell me, what's the big idea?
Why can't we just get along?
There's room enough for everyone
Under the same old moon
The same old moon

One Small Light

The evening news is louder now
Than it ever used to be
The whole world holds its breath sometimes
And so, sometimes, do we

I don't have any big answers
No banner to unfold
Just a kitchen and a candle
And a hand that I can hold

But the future isn't somewhere else
It starts right where we are
One small light in a window
Can look just like a star

We mend the fence, we bake the bread
We teach the kids to swim
And when the world feels dark and heavy
We don't let the lights go dim

Nobody can carry
This whole world on their own
But here is what I'm certain of
No one has to, we are not alone

The future isn't somewhere else
It starts right where we are
One small light in a window
Can look just like a star
And if we each light one tomorrow
The dark won't get too far
One small light
One small light

While the Light Is Ours

They say the sky is falling
On every evening screen
So much of it is heavy
And so much is in between

But the coffee's warm this morning
And the window's full of gold
And I won't save my gladness
For a day that might turn cold

There's a friend across the table
And her laughter's real and near
Tomorrow keeps its secrets
But the good of it is here

So pour a little slower
Let the afternoon run long
Take the hand that's next to yours
And hum a happy song
The world can keep on worrying
But the light is ours today
Take the good while the light is ours
Before it slips away

My grandfather would tell me
As he watched the swallows fly
The saddest word in any language
Is the little word goodbye

So I won't wait for some tomorrow
That may never come at all
The life I have is this one
And I'll answer when it calls

So pour a little slower
Let the afternoon run long
Take the hand that's next to yours
And hum a happy song
The world can keep on worrying
But the light is ours today
Take the good while the light is ours
Before it slips away
While the light is ours
While the light is ours

All the Rest Is Weather

The papers full of trouble
The winter at the door
But you reach across the pillow
And I don't need anything more

You remember how I take my coffee
You know the songs I love
Of all the things I've gathered
You're the one I'm proudest of

'Cause love is the only shelter
Love is the fire and the door
Everything else is weather
Passing by the shore
Hold the ones who hold you
Now and evermore
Love is the only shelter
All the rest is weather

We won't get every summer
And no one promised fair
But the hand I get to hold to
Is the answer to the prayer

So let the headlines thunder
Let the cold winds blow
I have found my people
And I'm never letting go

'Cause love is the only shelter
Love is the fire and the door
Everything else is weather
Passing by the shore
Hold the ones who hold you
Now and evermore
Love is the only shelter
All the rest is weather
All the rest is weather

The Long Way Home

We poured the mornings slowly
We watched the same old moon
We held the slow hours gently
And we hummed a happy tune

We kept a little candle
For the dark and doubtful days
We took the good while it was ours
And we learned to love the maze

And it's a long way home
Through the weather and the years
But there's music in the doorway
And there's laughter in our ears
We took the long way home
And we'd take it all again
Every road that we were given
Every where and every when

So thank you for the coffee
Thank you for the light
Thank you for the small brave things
That got us through the night
Whatever comes tomorrow
Whatever weather blows
We'll be holding on to one another
That's the only thing that grows

'Cause it's a long way home
Through the weather and the years
But there's music in the doorway
And there's laughter in our ears
We took the long way home
And we'd take it all again
Every road that we were given
Every where and every when
The long way home
The long way home

And I'd take the long way home with you