Brown Feathers on the Wire
Style: Accordion cradle

[Verse 1]
Out on the wire the small birds fold their wings in
brown feathers settling soft as evening starts to begin
Everything outside is turning gentle, turning slow
and here inside you're warm, and that's all you need to know

[Pre-chorus]
The wire hums quiet where the sleepy birds are pressed
the sky is going grey and soon will give its best
so let your breathing follow how the whole world starts to rest

[Chorus]
Deborah, the dusk is falling soft and slow
you are the warmest thing that this old night could know
Sleep now, Deborah, let the quiet be your friend
you are held, you are loved, and this day has a gentle end

[Verse 2]
One bird leans closer to another on the line
and that small nearness is a kind of gift, a sign
Nothing has to happen now, nothing has to be
just this hush, just this rest, just you close to me

[Bridge]
Whatever the day carried, it can lay itself down here
every worry gets to rest now that the dark is near

[Chorus]
Deborah, the dusk is falling soft and slow
you are the warmest thing that this old night could know
Sleep now, Deborah, let the quiet be your friend
you are held, you are loved, and this day has a gentle end

[Outro]
The wire will still be there come morning, the birds will fly away
but you'll wake up loved the same as you were kept this way

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