Between the Ticking and the Dark
Style: Soft piano

[Verse 1]
Somewhere a floorboard sighs beneath the weight of resting feet
Warmth is leaking slowly out as evening turns to blue
You are curled up safe and small beneath the woollen sheet
Nothing in this house tonight will come to trouble you

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how the radiator hums its slowing song
The wood beside you settles like it's breathing right along
Close your eyes now, love, and let the quiet carry you along

[Chorus]
Darlene, the house is holding still and holding you the same
Every creak and every tick is calling out your name
Sleep is coming gentle now, so soft it needs no reason
Darlene, you are safe here through the turning of the season

[Verse 2]
Shadows on the ceiling move so slow they barely stir
Nothing sharp or loud tonight, just breathing, soft and low
Somewhere past the window frost is settling like a purr
You don't need to know the hour, only that I'm here, and so

[Bridge]
Hold the hush the way the old wood holds its creak
Rest inside the calm no cold can ever reach

[Chorus]
Darlene, the house is holding still and holding you the same
Every creak and every tick is calling out your name
Sleep is coming gentle now, so soft it needs no reason
Darlene, you are safe here through the turning of the season

[Outro]
Let the wood keep creaking soft while all the warmth runs low
Sleep now, little Darlene, there is nowhere else to go

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