Down the Quiet Hall
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
Somewhere a hand is resting soft along the wooden rail
Guiding you home through shadows where the quiet never fails
Every step you're taking here is smaller than a sigh
Nothing in this house tonight will wake you or your eye

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the hallway keeps its own slow, steady beat
Warmth is waiting just ahead beneath your tired feet
Close your eyes a little more, we're nearly there, my sweet

[Chorus]
Carl, the dark is only resting, nothing more than that
Sleep is folding round you gentle as a blanket, soft and flat
Nobody will wake you, nobody will call
Carl, you are the safest thing inside these walls

[Verse 2]
Feel how smooth the wood has grown from years of gentle hands
Every worn and polished inch was shaped by someone's plans
You don't need to understand the reasons why it's there
Only that it leads you soft through darkness into care

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the hallway keeps its own slow, steady beat
Warmth is waiting just ahead beneath your tired feet
Close your eyes a little more, we're nearly there, my sweet

[Chorus]
Carl, the dark is only resting, nothing more than that
Sleep is folding round you gentle as a blanket, soft and flat
Nobody will wake you, nobody will call
Carl, you are the safest thing inside these walls

[Bridge]
Rest your fingers, let them loosen, you don't need to hold on tight
Someone else is watching over every corner of the night

[Chorus]
Carl, the dark is only resting, nothing more than that
Sleep is folding round you gentle as a blanket, soft and flat
Nobody will wake you, nobody will call
Carl, you are the safest thing inside these walls

[Outro]
Somewhere that same smooth rail is waiting quiet in the hall
Sleep now, you are held already, gentle as before you fall

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