Soot and Slumber
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
Soot comes tumbling softly down the old grey brick tonight
Settling slow and gentle like the fading of the light
You are curled up warmer than the embers ever were
Safe inside this quiet room where nothing needs to stir

[Pre-chorus]
Outside the wind is humming low against the windowpane
Every worry of the day is turning small again
Close your eyes and let the hush come rolling gently in

[Chorus]
Barnaby, the fire is banked and all the sparks are still
Sleep is falling like the soot along the windowsill
Nobody could hold a name as softly as I hold you
Barnaby, the whole dark house is dreaming of you too

[Verse 2]
The chimney keeps its secrets in a coat of feathered grey
Holding all the warmth it gathered from the fading day
You are held the very same way, quiet and complete
Wrapped in something older than the beating of your heartbeat

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere down the hallway a small clock is beating slow
Time has folded up its hands and let the evening go
Close your eyes and let the hush come rolling gently in

[Chorus]
Barnaby, the fire is banked and all the sparks are still
Sleep is falling like the soot along the windowsill
Nobody could hold a name as softly as I hold you
Barnaby, the whole dark house is dreaming of you too

[Bridge]
Grey on grey, the ash lies down to rest
No one ever loved so plainly, quietly blessed

[Chorus]
Barnaby, the fire is banked and all the sparks are still
Sleep is falling like the soot along the windowsill
Nobody could hold a name as softly as I hold you
Barnaby, the whole dark house is dreaming of you too

[Outro]
The grate has gone cool and the soot has settled deep
Barnaby, so have you, so easy now to sleep

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