Ash and Ember
Style: Accordion cradle

[Verse 1]
The fire is breathing softer now, its work for the day near done
Grey ash goes sliding gently down behind the iron bars
You are the warmth that stays behind when every flame is gone
Sleeping safe beneath a slow and quiet scatter of stars

[Chorus]
Barrett, the whole house settles down around you now
Nothing can reach you here, no worry and no harm
Rest easy, Barrett, let the last light show you how
Sleep folds around you like an ember's calm, quiet warm

[Verse 2]
Watch how the embers dim to orange, then to something less
There is no need to chase the light, it always comes again
You do not have to hold on to a single thing tonight
Only let your breathing slow like rain fading into rain

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere the grate is cooling, hushed and easy, letting go
Somewhere your small hand loosens from the blanket's fold
And somewhere soft inside you, something settles, sure and slow

[Chorus]
Barrett, the whole house settles down around you now
Nothing can reach you here, no worry and no harm
Rest easy, Barrett, let the last light show you how
Sleep folds around you like an ember's calm, quiet warm

[Bridge]
Even ash was warmth once, held and carried, never wasted
However far the fire fades, you are still the thing it meant

[Chorus]
Barrett, the whole house settles down around you now
Nothing can reach you here, no worry and no harm
Rest easy, Barrett, let the last light show you how
Sleep folds around you like an ember's calm, quiet warm

[Outro]
The grate is dark and quiet now, its long day laid to rest
Sleep, and know you were the warmest thing this house possessed

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