Far Down the Tracks
Style: Soft piano

[Verse 1]
Far beyond the fence the fog is rolling low and slow
Two small lights are drifting where the quiet engines go
But nothing out there matters more than breath beneath this roof
You are held so gently here, all warm and safe and proof

[Pre-chorus]
Let the distant world keep turning past the garden gate
Every worry waits outside and you don't have to wait
Close your eyes now, let the hush come rolling in to stay

[Chorus]
Derek, Derek, sleep is calling soft and low
Nothing out there needs you, nothing you must know
Derek, you're the warmest thing this whole house owns tonight
Rest now while the world goes by in far off yellow light

[Verse 2]
Somewhere down the tracks a train is humming out of sight
Carrying its own small load of shadows through the night
You are not a passenger on any road so far
You're the reason this whole house feels steady as it are

[Bridge]
Fog will lift by morning, light will find another shape
Nothing in the dark tonight has any claim to take
You are tucked in closer than the quiet ever gets

[Chorus]
Derek, Derek, sleep is calling soft and low
Nothing out there needs you, nothing you must know
Derek, you're the warmest thing this whole house owns tonight
Rest now while the world goes by in far off yellow light

[Outro]
The lights beyond the fence will fade to nothing but the fog
And you'll be sleeping warm and safe, held closer than a hug

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