Soot and Ember
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
The fire settles low behind its iron guard tonight
Soot shifts softly, sinking deeper into red brick warm
Nothing in this room will stir before the morning light
You are held here safer than you'll ever know the harm

[Pre-chorus]
Every ember dims but never leaves the hearth for good
Just like love that banks down low but stays exactly where it stood
Close your eyes now, let the quiet wrap you like it should

[Chorus]
Carol, the night is only warmth wrapped tight around you now
Nothing can reach you here, no peril waits beyond this wall
Rest easy, Carol, let the ember show you how
Sleep is just a gentle keeping, softest place of all

[Verse 2]
Outside the wind is nothing but a story told in low tones
Inside these bricks hold every bit of warmth the day has earned
Nobody's leaving, nobody's letting you sleep alone
You are the reason this small fire was ever kept and turned

[Pre-chorus]
Every ember dims but never leaves the hearth for good
Just like love that banks down low but stays exactly where it stood
Close your eyes now, let the quiet wrap you like it should

[Chorus]
Carol, the night is only warmth wrapped tight around you now
Nothing can reach you here, no peril waits beyond this wall
Rest easy, Carol, let the ember show you how
Sleep is just a gentle keeping, softest place of all

[Bridge]
However far the dark goes on beyond the window pane
Somebody's watching over you until the light comes back again

[Chorus]
Carol, the night is only warmth wrapped tight around you now
Nothing can reach you here, no peril waits beyond this wall
Rest easy, Carol, let the ember show you how
Sleep is just a gentle keeping, softest place of all

[Outro]
The soot will settle softer still before the morning comes
And you'll wake safe as ever, held by all this quiet love

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