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A folded pink-paper parcel with a small red heart cuts through a deep-blue typographic cover.

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Rory

Thank-yous for showing up

After a year of night shifts, I've come to appreciate a packed lunch more than a grand gesture. This is my thank-you to the person who keeps making space for me when I get home.

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MYBAND LIFE ORIGINALS

EMOTIONAL · CONTEMPORARY R&B

Ordinary Thursday

For the one who keeps showing up

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Why this song was made

This love song thanks a partner for showing up through a draining year of night shifts and uncertainty. Its promise lives in packed lunches and quiet company rather than grand declarations.

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[Verse 1] You left a sandwich in the fridge with half a crooked heart, Drawn across the paper bag before your early start. I came home from another shift with nothing left to give, You made a little space for me to simply sit and live. [Chorus] Love me on a Thursday, when the lights are low, Washing needs another spin, and neither of us knows. I'll make your coffee when the morning comes too soon, Build a life from little ways of getting through. [Verse 2] There wasn't any perfect speech the night the letter came, You sat beside me on the floor and whispered out my name. We didn't solve the future; we just made ourselves some toast, And in that small and stubborn act I felt you love me most. [Bridge] Let the big days have their flowers and their photographs in frames, I remember all the evenings when you asked about my day. When it's your turn to feel tired, put your heavy bag right here, I have learned your kind of loving; let me give it back, my dear. [Chorus] Love me on a Thursday, when the lights are low, Washing needs another spin, and neither of us knows. I'll make your coffee when the morning comes too soon, Build a life from little ways of getting through.

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