Soft as Falling Soot
Style: Flute and pad

[Verse 1]
Somewhere behind the wall a small dark hush is settling down
soot drifting slow past iron bars without the smallest sound
and just like that the whole house breathes and finds its rest
you are the warmest thing this quiet house has ever found

[Pre-chorus]
The grate is cold and still and nothing here will stir
the night is folding round the room like something soft and sure
so let your eyes grow heavy now, let sleep come find you here

[Chorus]
Efa, the dark is only resting, nothing more
hush now, my Efa, you are safe behind that door
nobody needs to keep watch tonight
sleep soft as soot along the chimney floor

[Verse 2]
The fire has gone to embers and the room has gone to grey
that small dust falling gentle is the last of the day
it settles without hurry, it has nowhere else to be
and neither do you, love, so let the night have its way

[Chorus]
Efa, the dark is only resting, nothing more
hush now, my Efa, you are safe behind that door
nobody needs to keep watch tonight
sleep soft as soot along the chimney floor

[Bridge]
Down through the narrow dark it comes to lie so still
held by the same walls that will hold you until

[Chorus]
Efa, the dark is only resting, nothing more
hush now, my Efa, you are safe behind that door
nobody needs to keep watch tonight
sleep soft as soot along the chimney floor

[Outro]
Somewhere behind the wall the small dark hush is sleeping too
and this whole quiet house is only breathing round you

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