Curtains Breathing Slow
Style: Harp lullaby

[Verse 1]
The curtain lifts and falls against the white painted sill
Breathing slow with the night, so quiet and so still
Somewhere past the glass the whole wide world turns down its light
And you are held here safe, exactly where you're meant to be until

[Pre-chorus]
The candle dims to gold and the hush begins to grow
Every worry of the day has somewhere soft to go
So let your small hands rest and let your eyelids follow slow

[Chorus]
Bertram, the night is only love wrapped round in grey
Nothing can reach you here before the break of day
You are the calm at the centre of it all
Bertram, sleep easy, let the dark be kind and stay

[Verse 2]
The cotton stirs so lightly like a breath let halfway out
Nothing in this room has any reason left for doubt
Every shadow on the wall is only shadow, nothing more
And you are wrapped in warmth that folds around you round about

[Chorus]
Bertram, the night is only love wrapped round in grey
Nothing can reach you here before the break of day
You are the calm at the centre of it all
Bertram, sleep easy, let the dark be kind and stay

[Bridge]
Rest now, there is nowhere else you need to be
No hurry in this hour, no clock, no far to go
Just this soft and steady dark holding you close to me
And a quiet kind of love that only wants you slow

[Chorus]
Bertram, the night is only love wrapped round in grey
Nothing can reach you here before the break of day
You are the calm at the centre of it all
Bertram, sleep easy, let the dark be kind and stay

[Outro]
The curtain settles still against the white painted sill
Sleep now, little one, the whole night's yours to fill

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