Ember and Grey
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
Watch how the last of the fire folds soft into grey
Nothing that burns has to burn through the whole of the night
Close your small hands and let go of the noise of the day
You are the warmth that stays curled in the low fading light

[Pre-chorus]
Down go the sparks, one by one, without any sound
Quiet is只 a blanket that settles all around
Hush now, my love, sleep is coming to lay you down

[Chorus]
Cheryl, the hearth holds its heat long after the flame
Sleep is the ember that glows though the fire grows still
Nothing can touch you while morning is learning your name
Cheryl, I'll keep you as safe as the grate on the sill

[Verse 2]
Iron stands quiet and black round the ash going soft
Nothing will shift you from here, from this warm little bed
Somewhere outside it grows cold, but you're kept from the loss
Rest, and the whole of the dark will float over your head

[Pre-chorus]
Down go the sparks, one by one, without any sound
Quiet is just a blanket that settles all around
Hush now, my love, sleep is coming to lay you down

[Chorus]
Cheryl, the hearth holds its heat long after the flame
Sleep is the ember that glows though the fire grows still
Nothing can touch you while morning is learning your name
Cheryl, I'll keep you as safe as the grate on the sill

[Bridge]
Even the softest grey ash was a fire once bright
You will be carried like that through the whole of the night

[Chorus]
Cheryl, the hearth holds its heat long after the flame
Sleep is the ember that glows though the fire grows still
Nothing can touch you while morning is learning your name
Cheryl, I'll keep you as safe as the grate on the sill

[Outro]
Somewhere the ash settles down into stillness and rest
Sleep now, my Cheryl, held warm in the dark like the best

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