Light Along the Wall
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
A far light sweeps so slowly across the old brick wall
and nothing in this room will ever come to harm you
the night is wide and quiet, but it is small beside you
for you are held here safer than any spell could charm you

[Chorus]
Sleep now, sleep now, sweet Brielle, the dark is soft and kind
close your eyes, Brielle, and let the day unwind
you are the warmest thing this whole house ever knew
and every quiet hour tonight belongs to you

[Verse 2]
That pale light slides so gently, steady as a breath
it does not rush, it does not fade, it only glows and stays
and that is how I feel for you, unhurried and unbroken
a love that keeps on going through the softest of the days

[Pre-chorus]
Let your small hands rest now, let your worries drift away
there is nothing you must carry, nothing you must say
just the hush, and the dark, and the love that will not stray

[Chorus]
Sleep now, sleep now, sweet Brielle, the dark is soft and kind
close your eyes, Brielle, and let the day unwind
you are the warmest thing this whole house ever knew
and every quiet hour tonight belongs to you

[Bridge]
No shadow here will ever learn your name
no storm will find the corner where you lie
you are the calm that every night grows round
held so gently underneath this sky

[Chorus]
Sleep now, sleep now, sweet Brielle, the dark is soft and kind
close your eyes, Brielle, and let the day unwind
you are the warmest thing this whole house ever knew
and every quiet hour tonight belongs to you

[Outro]
That light still moves so slowly, sweeping soft across the wall
and you sleep on beneath it, loved beyond it all

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