Moonlight on the Cabbage Leaves
Style: Clarinet nightlight

[Verse 1]
Moonlight rests on the wet cabbage leaves out past the door
empty pots stand in a row, quiet as a held breath before
but here in the warm you are wrapped soft and low
nothing outside needs to know where you go

[Chorus]
Edgar, Edgar, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind
the whole garden's gone to sleep and left its hush behind
you are held here, you are warm here, nothing needs to stir
Edgar, the night was always going to be for you and her

[Verse 2]
Silver sits along the leaf edge, soft and hardly there
drifting slow like it was drawn by careful, patient care
you breathe easy, you breathe slower, sinking into deep
this is how the whole wide garden learns to keep its sleep

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere past the window glass the cold has lost its bite
every empty pot is only waiting out the night
and you are drifting, drifting, further into light

[Chorus]
Edgar, Edgar, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind
the whole garden's gone to sleep and left its hush behind
you are held here, you are warm here, nothing needs to stir
Edgar, the night was always going to be for you and her

[Bridge]
No one is counting the hours you take to fall
hush moves like water and settles soft on us all
you don't need to answer, you don't need to try
just let the quiet carry you, let the hours slide by

[Chorus]
Edgar, Edgar, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind
the whole garden's gone to sleep and left its hush behind
you are held here, you are warm here, nothing needs to stir
Edgar, the night was always going to be for you and her

[Outro]
Somewhere the leaves still shine, holding their small share of light
sleep now, you are already so loved tonight

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