Slipping Down So Slow
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
Softly the blanket is slipping down the old wooden chair
Sinking like breath does when nothing is left to prove or bear
Doreen, your small hands have loosened, your day has come undone
Nothing tonight could be gentler than the hush that we share

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the house has grown quiet and warm around your head
Wrapped in the wool and the candlelight low beside your bed
Rest is a river that's rising to carry you along

[Chorus]
Doreen, my darling, the dark is a friend come to stay
Nobody's calling you back into the noise of the day
Doreen, you're held here as safe as a seed in the ground
Sleep is a colour that's soft and it's yours, come what may

[Verse 2]
Down the wool goes, easing over the arm like a sigh
Nothing that's loved ever really says a final goodbye
Doreen, you're stitched into something that won't come apart
Even the shadows are humming a low lullaby

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the house has grown quiet and warm around your head
Wrapped in the wool and the candlelight low beside your bed
Rest is a river that's rising to carry you along

[Chorus]
Doreen, my darling, the dark is a friend come to stay
Nobody's calling you back into the noise of the day
Doreen, you're held here as safe as a seed in the ground
Sleep is a colour that's soft and it's yours, come what may

[Bridge]
Let every worry unravel and drop to the floor
You are the warmth that this whole quiet room is here for

[Chorus]
Doreen, my darling, the dark is a friend come to stay
Nobody's calling you back into the noise of the day
Doreen, you're held here as safe as a seed in the ground
Sleep is a colour that's soft and it's yours, come what may

[Outro]
Somewhere the blanket has settled, still warm on the chair
Sleep well, Doreen, you are held, you are loved, you are there

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