Behind the Quiet Door
Style: Music box

[Verse 1]
Somewhere behind a door the brass clock keeps its slow time
and every gentle swing was only made to match this rhyme
the whole wide house breathes soft around your sleepy little head
while all my quiet love is folded warm around your bed

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the ticking hums a tune so low and true
the night is only here to wrap its arms round you
so let your eyes grow heavy as the dark leans in to stay

[Chorus]
Amina, close your eyes, the dark is soft and kind tonight
hold onto nothing but the warm and fading light
Amina, you are held by every hour that ticks past
this love was built to last long after clocks go quiet at last

[Verse 2]
The pendulum swings slower now, as if it learned to wait
matching how your little breaths grow calm and settle straight
nothing in this room will move to wake you or to fright
you are the softest thing that ever slept this deep at night

[Chorus]
Amina, close your eyes, the dark is soft and kind tonight
hold onto nothing but the warm and fading light
Amina, you are held by every hour that ticks past
this love was built to last long after clocks go quiet at last

[Bridge]
Even when the house falls still and every light is low
I am here beside the door to watch you as you go
further into dreaming, further into peaceful rest

[Chorus]
Amina, close your eyes, the dark is soft and kind tonight
hold onto nothing but the warm and fading light
Amina, you are held by every hour that ticks past
this love was built to last long after clocks go quiet at last

[Outro]
Somewhere the brass still swings behind that quiet closing door
and I will keep on loving you a little more

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