Sleep Deep, Ali
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
Branches drift like slow hands over the white plaster wall
telling you it's safe to let your eyes grow deep
nothing in this room can ever make you fall
for I am here to hold you while you sleep

[Pre-chorus]
The branches sway like fingers keeping watch through the night
soft against the ceiling, turning dark into light
and here beneath the quiet, my heart says your name

[Chorus]
Ali, hush now, sleep deep in this warm and quiet valley
where nothing can reach you, no shadow, no harm
Ali, you're held while the night holds its tally
safe in the hush of my steady arm

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window the world has gone to rest
but here inside these walls the light is soft and low
you are the quiet centre of every love confessed
and I will stay beside you wherever dreams may go

[Pre-chorus]
The branches sway like fingers keeping watch through the night
soft against the ceiling, turning dark into light
and here beneath the quiet, my heart says your name

[Chorus]
Ali, hush now, sleep deep in this warm and quiet valley
where nothing can reach you, no shadow, no harm
Ali, you're held while the night holds its tally
safe in the hush of my steady arm

[Bridge]
However far the night stretches, however long it feels
this small room will hold you until the morning heals

[Chorus]
Ali, hush now, sleep deep in this warm and quiet valley
where nothing can reach you, no shadow, no harm
Ali, you're held while the night holds its tally
safe in the hush of my steady arm

[Outro]
The branches keep moving slow shadows across the same white wall
and long after you drift off, I'll still be watching over you

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