Soft Against the Pilings
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
Somewhere the water is lapping soft under the old wooden pier
Steady and slow like a heartbeat that only you're meant to hear
Nothing can reach you, no current can carry you far from this bed
Rest now, my darling, and let all the noise of the day fade instead

[Chorus]
Edna, the night is a harbour and you are the ship coming home
Quietly rocking, you're held here, you never need drift off alone
Close your eyes gently, let sleep pull you soft like the tide
Edna, I'm with you, I'm right here, I'm here by your side

[Verse 2]
You are the calm at the centre of every wave rolling by
Nothing that moves in the dark tonight ever needs make you cry
I hold what is precious the way that the shoreline holds the sea
Whatever you dream of tonight, may it carry you gently to me

[Pre-chorus]
Hear how the water goes quiet the closer it comes to the shore
Feel how your breathing goes slower than ever it has gone before
Something is closing around you, softer than what came before

[Chorus]
Edna, the night is a harbour and you are the ship coming home
Quietly rocking, you're held here, you never need drift off alone
Close your eyes gently, let sleep pull you soft like the tide
Edna, I'm with you, I'm right here, I'm here by your side

[Bridge]
No storm ever reaches this far, no wind ever troubles this deep
Only the dark and the water, only you drifting to sleep

[Chorus]
Edna, the night is a harbour and you are the ship coming home
Quietly rocking, you're held here, you never need drift off alone
Close your eyes gently, let sleep pull you soft like the tide
Edna, I'm with you, I'm right here, I'm here by your side

[Outro]
Far off the pier still stands quiet while the water keeps lapping below
Sleep now, my Edna, and know you are loved wherever you go

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