Still Water, Safe and Warm
Style: Music box

[Verse 1]
A little wooden boat is resting easy on the water
No wind to rock it, no current pulling far
Wrapped up warm beneath a heavy blanket of soft wool
You are held as gently as the calmest thing there are

[Pre-chorus]
The lake has gone to glass and the sky is turning low
Every ripple settles down to nothing you must know
So let your eyes grow heavy now and let the quiet grow

[Chorus]
Brooklyn, the water is still and you're safe upon it
Nothing tips you, nothing stirs, nothing comes to find you
Sleep now Brooklyn while the whole night holds its breath for you
Brooklyn, close your eyes, let the calm wrap round and bind you

[Verse 2]
The blanket smells of warmth and every thread was chosen kindly
Somebody tucked the edges in so nothing slips away
You are the reason this small boat was ever built so carefully
Drifting soft and slow until the coming of the day

[Pre-chorus]
The lake has gone to glass and the sky is turning low
Every ripple settles down to nothing you must know
So let your eyes grow heavy now and let the quiet grow

[Chorus]
Brooklyn, the water is still and you're safe upon it
Nothing tips you, nothing stirs, nothing comes to find you
Sleep now Brooklyn while the whole night holds its breath for you
Brooklyn, close your eyes, let the calm wrap round and bind you

[Bridge]
Somewhere close a hand is resting lightly on the wood
Watching over you the whole night long, as someone always would

[Chorus]
Brooklyn, the water is still and you're safe upon it
Nothing tips you, nothing stirs, nothing comes to find you
Sleep now Brooklyn while the whole night holds its breath for you
Brooklyn, close your eyes, let the calm wrap round and bind you

[Outro]
The little boat is resting now, the water gone to glass
Sleep on, sleep on, so safely till the morning comes to pass

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