The Long Shadow
Style: Clarinet nightlight

[Verse 1]
The brass hook holds the coat as the room turns soft and grey
Its shadow leans across the stripes and slowly starts to sway
You watch it drift from the corner where the quiet likes to grow
And your eyes get heavier now with the hush of things gone slow

[Chorus]
David, David, the whole house breathes for you
Every wall leans in close and holds the warmth you're waking to
Nothing here can touch you while the night stands at the door
David, David, you were loved before

[Verse 2]
The hook has held its coat there through a hundred fading days
Steady as a promise that never looks away
It doesn't need the sunlight to keep its gentle place
And I don't need the morning to still see your calm little face

[Pre-chorus]
So let the shadow lengthen as the lamp begins to dim
Let the striped wall soften into something warm and slim
Somewhere past the edges of the dark, your name is waiting there

[Chorus]
David, David, the whole house breathes for you
Every wall leans in close and holds the warmth you're waking to
Nothing here can touch you while the night stands at the door
David, David, you were loved before

[Bridge]
Rest inside the stillness that the hook has always kept
Nothing moves to trouble you while the whole wide house has slept

[Chorus]
David, David, the whole house breathes for you
Every wall leans in close and holds the warmth you're waking to
Nothing here can touch you while the night stands at the door
David, David, you were loved before

[Outro]
The hook will hold the shadow till the morning finds the door
And you'll wake up as loved as you were the night before

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