Cotton Air
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
Cotton curtains are moving so slightly in the dark night air
Nothing hurries and nothing is asking to be done
You are folded in close where the quiet has gathered there
Safe beneath the hush that settles once the light is gone

[Pre-chorus]
Hear how soft the whole wide house has grown around you now
Every worry has loosened and forgotten how to hold
Sleep is coming slow and gentle, watch it show you how

[Chorus]
Autumn, you are held here, nothing needs to fall on you
Close your eyes, the dark is kind and full of quiet care
Every breath I take tonight is only meant for you
Autumn, rest now, I will still be here when you wake there

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window a small breeze is turning over leaves
Nothing in the night tonight has come to ask you why
You can let the day go now, there's nothing it still needs
Only warmth, only stillness, only this soft lullaby

[Pre-chorus]
Hear how soft the whole wide house has grown around you now
Every worry has loosened and forgotten how to hold
Sleep is coming slow and gentle, watch it show you how

[Chorus]
Autumn, you are held here, nothing needs to fall on you
Close your eyes, the dark is kind and full of quiet care
Every breath I take tonight is only meant for you
Autumn, rest now, I will still be here when you wake there

[Bridge]
No storm gets past this room while you are sleeping
Nothing in the world can touch you here

[Chorus]
Autumn, you are held here, nothing needs to fall on you
Close your eyes, the dark is kind and full of quiet care
Every breath I take tonight is only meant for you
Autumn, rest now, I will still be here when you wake there

[Outro]
The curtains settle softly as the night air starts to still
You are safe and warm and wanted, sleeping soundly as you will

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