Ash and Ember
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Down in the grate the last flame is bending low
letting the bright red hush into a gentle glow
nothing is lost, it only turns to rest
and sleep comes to you soft and slow

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere behind your eyes a small fire still hums
warm as a hand that never lets you go
hold onto that glow, love, while the quiet comes

[Chorus]
Effie, the coals are turning gentle now
close your eyes, let the whole house grow slow
steady as breathing, heavy as sleep
Effie, you are held, you are safe, you are so

[Verse 2]
Ash falls soft as a blanket laid on the night
curling grey over embers that glimmer below
you are the warmth that stays under all of that quiet
tucked in deep where the cold cannot go

[Bridge]
Rest now, the room remembers how to be still
every small breath of yours settles the air
nothing will wake you, nothing at all, until
morning comes soft to find you still there

[Chorus]
Effie, the coals are turning gentle now
close your eyes, let the whole house grow slow
steady as breathing, heavy as sleep
Effie, you are held, you are safe, you are so

[Outro]
Somewhere the grate holds its low, quiet glow
and you, little Effie, are held even so

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