Curtains Turning Slow
Style: Kalimba night

[Verse 1]
Watch how the small light drifts across the white curtain tonight
Nothing out there in the dark street can trouble this room or this light
Soft little motes turning slow, hanging still in the air
You are the warmest thing here, little Edna, held safe and held right

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the hush settle over your chest
Nothing you carried today needs carrying past this small rest
Just breathe with the dark, let it fold you in soft and undressed

[Chorus]
Edna, the night has gone quiet and kind just for you
Curtains are drawn and the whole street has softened its view
Nothing can reach you, no worry, no sound, no unrest
Sleep now, my Edna, there's nowhere that's safer than here

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a streetlamp is humming a low steady song of its own
Here in this room there is only your breathing, so even, so slow
Dust keeps on turning as if it has nowhere to be
You are the reason this whole quiet house doesn't feel so alone

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the hush settle over your chest
Nothing you carried today needs carrying past this small rest
Just breathe with the dark, let it fold you in soft and undressed

[Chorus]
Edna, the night has gone quiet and kind just for you
Curtains are drawn and the whole street has softened its view
Nothing can reach you, no worry, no sound, no unrest
Sleep now, my Edna, there's nowhere that's safer than here

[Bridge]
Whatever the dark holds beyond this small room, it can wait
Here you are wanted, you're held, you are never too late

[Chorus]
Edna, the night has gone quiet and kind just for you
Curtains are drawn and the whole street has softened its view
Nothing can reach you, no worry, no sound, no unrest
Sleep now, my Edna, there's nowhere that's safer than here

[Outro]
Still the light drifts, slow and low, through the white curtain thread
Sleep now, little Edna, the whole quiet world holds your head

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