Wool Socks and Wooden Rails
Style: Vibraphone drift

[Verse 1]
Wool socks on the floorboards, easing every creak to nothing
I cross the dark room slow so nothing wakes you before you're ready
the wooden rail is warm beneath my hand
and still my heart keeps time with you, my darling

[Pre-chorus]
The house breathes soft around us, every corner turned to shadow
and nothing in this whole wide night could ever reach you here
so let your small hands loosen, let the day slip off your shoulders

[Chorus]
Aurora, close your eyes now, let the quiet come and hold you
nothing waits beyond this room but stars I've told you
you are the warmest thing this house has ever known
so sleep, Aurora, sleep, and let the dark enfold you

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window frost is settling on the garden
but here the air stays gentle, kept just right for you
I'll stand here till your breathing slows to nothing
because there's nowhere else I'd rather be than near you

[Bridge]
Let every worry of the day dissolve like sugar into warm milk
you don't need to carry anything but sleep tonight

[Chorus]
Aurora, close your eyes now, let the quiet come and hold you
nothing waits beyond this room but stars I've told you
you are the warmest thing this house has ever known
so sleep, Aurora, sleep, and let the dark enfold you

[Outro]
The floor stays quiet now beneath my wool socked feet
and you sleep on, held safe, exactly where you're meant to be

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