Dark Water, Hold Still
Style: Accordion cradle

[Verse 1]
Dark water is rising so slowly against the far wall
Nothing in this whole quiet room is going to fall
Close those two eyes now, let the wide night in
You are the softest thing that I know at all

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how gently the water keeps time
Feel how the warmth wraps round you like a rhyme
Sleep is just waiting to carry you further

[Chorus]
Cecil, the water is easy tonight
Nothing will hurry you, nothing will fright
You're held here as safe as a light behind glass
Cecil, you're mine in the hush and the light

[Verse 2]
Somewhere the water folds soft on itself again
Breathing so slow that it barely makes sound, and then
Quiet comes down like a blanket pulled over the sky
You are the reason this whole room feels calm

[Chorus]
Cecil, the water is easy tonight
Nothing will hurry you, nothing will fright
You're held here as safe as a light behind glass
Cecil, you're mine in the hush and the light

[Bridge]
Rest now, let the far wall keep its slow low tide
Nothing needs you awake, nothing needs you to hide

[Chorus]
Cecil, the water is easy tonight
Nothing will hurry you, nothing will fright
You're held here as safe as a light behind glass
Cecil, you're mine in the hush and the light

[Outro]
Somewhere that water still rises and falls on the wall
You are already sleeping, held safest of all

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