Stripe of Gold
Style: Soft piano

[Verse 1]
A stripe of orange light lies low along the floorboards
tracing the old pattern on the wall so soft and slow
and somewhere in this quiet house a small heart beats and settles
while everything around you breathes and lets the darkness grow

[Pre-chorus]
The light will fade to nothing but the warmth stays in the room
hush now, let your eyes grow heavy, let your shoulders down
the whole wide world can wait outside while sleep comes rolling in

[Chorus]
Connie, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you
nobody could love a small one more than you are loved
you are bonny, you are steady, you're the calm this house holds true
Connie, drift away now, safe beneath the stars above

[Verse 2]
The wallpaper goes quiet as the colour slips away
leaving just a memory of gold along the wall
but you are held here warmer than the last light of the day
and nothing in the shadows means you any harm at all

[Chorus]
Connie, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you
nobody could love a small one more than you are loved
you are bonny, you are steady, you're the calm this house holds true
Connie, drift away now, safe beneath the stars above

[Bridge]
Sleep is just the light going gently out of sight
not a leaving, only resting, folded soft and tight

[Chorus]
Connie, close your eyes now, let the evening carry you
nobody could love a small one more than you are loved
you are bonny, you are steady, you're the calm this house holds true
Connie, drift away now, safe beneath the stars above

[Outro]
The floor forgets the sunlight but the warmth is staying here
sleep now, little bonny Connie, morning's always near

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