Annie, Close Your Eyes
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
The wool blanket trails soft across the wooden floor tonight
Rocking slow while the whole house settles into rest
Every worry of the day is folded out of sight
You are held here safer than a bird within its nest

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let the rocking chair keep time with your slow breath
Nothing in this quiet room can reach you here at all
Close your eyes, love, and drift where the soft dark rests

[Chorus]
Annie, Annie, the night is warm and low
Nothing in this world will let you go
Sleep now, Annie, let the darkness slow
You are cherished more than you could ever know

[Verse 2]
The candle by the window burns down easy, burns down slow
Watching over you the way it always will
Somewhere past the curtains soft winds start to blow
But here inside your breathing keeps so still

[Bridge]
You are the calm at the end of every day
No storm can find you tucked away like this
Every little sigh you make will drift and fade
Wrapped up warm in arms that never miss

[Chorus]
Annie, Annie, the night is warm and low
Nothing in this world will let you go
Sleep now, Annie, let the darkness slow
You are cherished more than you could ever know

[Outro]
The blanket rests beside the chair, its work all done for now
You are safe and dreaming, held here, always somehow

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