The story behind this song
No chairs, no aisle, no crowd to please. They told the town they'd gone away for the weekend and didn't mention they'd come back married. He kept the ring warm in his pocket all morning, checking on it twice; she read her lines off a grocery receipt with the wind stealing half of every word. Her hem went dark with seawater and she laughed, and the tide came up and clapped around their feet.
A stranger took one blurred photo and walked on. For the couple who decided some days aren't for showing — just two people, one cliff, and the gulls for witnesses.
Lyrics
No chairs, no aisle, no crowd to please
Just salt wind and you
Just salt wind and you
You kept the ring warm in your pocket all morning
I caught you checking on it twice
We told the town we'd gone away for the weekend
We didn't say we'd come back man and wife
I caught you checking on it twice
We told the town we'd gone away for the weekend
We didn't say we'd come back man and wife
Let them have their hundred guests
We had the gulls and the grey
We had the gulls and the grey
It was just us and the coast, my love
The wind stealing half of every vow
A stranger took one picture and walked on
And I have never wanted more than now
The wind stealing half of every vow
A stranger took one picture and walked on
And I have never wanted more than now
My hem went dark with seawater and I laughed
You read your lines off a grocery receipt
We ate cold sandwiches like they were a banquet
The tide came up and clapped around our feet
You read your lines off a grocery receipt
We ate cold sandwiches like they were a banquet
The tide came up and clapped around our feet
Let them have their hundred guests
We had the gulls and the grey
We had the gulls and the grey
It was just us and the coast, my love
The wind stealing half of every vow
A stranger took one picture and walked on
And I have never wanted more than now
The wind stealing half of every vow
A stranger took one picture and walked on
And I have never wanted more than now
Years from here they'll ask us where the album is
We'll show them one blurred photo and a stone from the beach
And they won't understand it, and that's the point —
Some days aren't for showing, they're for keeping
We'll show them one blurred photo and a stone from the beach
And they won't understand it, and that's the point —
Some days aren't for showing, they're for keeping
It was just us and the coast, my love
The wind stealing half of every vow
A stranger took one picture and walked on
And I have never wanted more than now
The wind stealing half of every vow
A stranger took one picture and walked on
And I have never wanted more than now
No chairs, no aisle, no crowd to please
Just the rest of my life, and you
Just the rest of my life, and you
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