The Slow Brass Swing
Style: Humming choir

[Verse 1]
Somewhere down the hall a heavy clock is swinging slow
Its brass hands keeping time so soft you'd barely hear it pass
Every quiet beat is measured out to let you go
Down into the kind of sleep that always holds you fast

[Chorus]
Atlas, close your eyes, the whole wide night is holding still
There is nowhere safer than this warm and sleepy patch
Nothing in the dark tonight will ever mean you ill
Atlas, you are loved beyond whatever you could catch

[Verse 2]
Far off in the shadows something swings and never stops
Steady as a heartbeat that was made to never rest
You are wrapped up warmer than the softest thing it drops
Sinking low and easy into everything that's blessed

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how the ticking slows the tumble of your day
Feel the weight of sleepiness now pulling you to stay
Let the swinging carry every worry far away

[Chorus]
Atlas, close your eyes, the whole wide night is holding still
There is nowhere safer than this warm and sleepy patch
Nothing in the dark tonight will ever mean you ill
Atlas, you are loved beyond whatever you could catch

[Bridge]
Somewhere in another room the pendulum swings on for you
Marking every minute as a minute you are loved

[Chorus]
Atlas, close your eyes, the whole wide night is holding still
There is nowhere safer than this warm and sleepy patch
Nothing in the dark tonight will ever mean you ill
Atlas, you are loved beyond whatever you could catch

[Outro]
Somewhere down the hall the brass is swinging slow and true
Sleep now, little one, that steady heart is here for you

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