Slow as the Pendulum
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
The house has gone quiet, every window turned to grey
Somewhere behind glass a slow gold pendulum will sway
I hear it keeping time while you are curled up small
And nothing in this whole wide house will lead you astray

[Pre-chorus]
Let your breathing slow to match that patient wooden beat
Let the day dissolve away from your tired little feet
There is nowhere left to be but here, and warm, and deep

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Dakota, the dark is only soft
Nothing out there tonight will find you or make you lost
I will watch the small hand turning, low light and low key
Hush now, Dakota, you're the calm this whole house has sought

[Verse 2]
The clock behind the oak door doesn't hurry, doesn't fear
Back and forth it goes so gently, always staying near
You are held the way that pendulum is held by time
Steady, sure, and never far from someone who loves you dear

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Dakota, the dark is only soft
Nothing out there tonight will find you or make you lost
I will watch the small hand turning, low light and low key
Hush now, Dakota, you're the calm this whole house has sought

[Bridge]
Tick by tick the whole wide night grows softer, grows so slow
Every swing says you are loved more than you'll ever know

[Chorus]
Sleep now, Dakota, the dark is only soft
Nothing out there tonight will find you or make you lost
I will watch the small hand turning, low light and low key
Hush now, Dakota, you're the calm this whole house has sought

[Outro]
Somewhere behind glass the pendulum will keep its gentle sway
Sleep on, little one, we're both still here at the close of day

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