Slow the Water Down
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Watch the little bubbles rest so quiet on the water
one by one they settle down the way that you should follow
softly, softly, nothing here will ever make a sound
you're the warmest thing this whole small room has ever held

[Pre-chorus]
Now the water's stilling, so let your eyes grow heavy
already you are halfway into dreaming, safe and ready
hold on to nothing, just let yourself sink slow

[Chorus]
Ciara, close your eyes now, let the warm night hold you
every bit of you is loved, there's nothing left to prove to you
you were made to be this soft, this cared for, this held near
sleep now, Ciara, and know I'm always here

[Verse 2]
Feel how warm the water is around you, holding steady
already all the noise and light have quietly gone unready
nothing needs your worry now, not one single thing
you can let the whole wide day go drifting out to sea

[Pre-chorus]
Now the water's stilling, so let your eyes grow heavy
already you are halfway into dreaming, safe and ready
hold on to nothing, just let yourself sink slow

[Chorus]
Ciara, close your eyes now, let the warm night hold you
every bit of you is loved, there's nothing left to prove to you
you were made to be this soft, this cared for, this held near
sleep now, Ciara, and know I'm always here

[Bridge]
Sink a little deeper, let your breathing slow and settle
you don't have to hold on to a single thing tonight
whatever small thing troubled you has already popped and vanished

[Chorus]
Ciara, close your eyes now, let the warm night hold you
every bit of you is loved, there's nothing left to prove to you
you were made to be this soft, this cared for, this held near
sleep now, Ciara, and know I'm always here

[Outro]
Somewhere the last small bubble breaks and quietly disappears
you are already sleeping, safe and warm, and loved right here

Free from Songbird: lovesongbirds.com