Quiet as a Spoon
Style: Harp lullaby

[Verse 1]
A spoon has stopped its ringing in the bowl left on the table
Somewhere a clock is chiming, slow as it is able
You are the softest sound left in this house tonight
Curled where the lamp goes dim and the hallway loses light

[Pre-chorus]
Every small noise is settling now into the walls
Even the water in the pipes grows quiet as it falls
So let your breathing be the last sound left to hear

[Chorus]
Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here
Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear
Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme
Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

[Verse 2]
The kitchen light has faded to a low and amber glow
Somebody washed the bowl and set it down here nice and slow
You are the warmth that lingers when the busy day is done
The quiet at the centre once the noise has come undone

[Pre-chorus]
Every small noise is settling now into the walls
Even the water in the pipes grows quiet as it falls
So let your breathing be the last sound left to hear

[Chorus]
Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here
Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear
Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme
Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

[Bridge]
Nothing needs to happen now but resting where you lie
Let the whole wide dark become a gentle lullaby

[Chorus]
Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here
Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear
Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme
Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

[Outro]
Somewhere far off a spoon lies still inside its bowl
Sleep now, you are the warmest, quietest thing I know

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