Pull of the Tide
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Far away the water pulls the pebbles back so gently
the sound of it comes softly like it's calling out to many
but none of it is closer than the warmth of where you lie
and none of it could love you the way that I love thee

[Chorus]
Bethany, the night has come to hold you soft and slow
Bethany, I'll stay right here and watch the shadows go
you are the calm at the centre of the tide
there is no better place for you than here, I know

[Verse 2]
Somewhere far off the waves are turning over dark, wet sand
drawing the small white stones down gently with an unseen hand
but you are not a pebble lost and rolling in the deep
you are held here always, safe and warm, you understand

[Pre-chorus]
Let the far off water hush you, let it carry you away
not to anywhere that's distant, only into where you'll stay
close your eyes now, darling, let the quiet have its say

[Chorus]
Bethany, the night has come to hold you soft and slow
Bethany, I'll stay right here and watch the shadows go
you are the calm at the centre of the tide
there is no better place for you than here, I know

[Bridge]
Every wave goes out but always finds its way home again
so will you, so will this love that never seems to end
rest now, little one, there's nothing out there you should fear

[Chorus]
Bethany, the night has come to hold you soft and slow
Bethany, I'll stay right here and watch the shadows go
you are the calm at the centre of the tide
there is no better place for you than here, I know

[Outro]
Far off the water settles and the pebbles fall to rest
and here you sleep now, gathered close, the safest and the best

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