The Slow Turning Light
Style: Kalimba night

[Verse 1]
A pale beam is drifting soft across the quiet plaster wall
it circles round so slowly like it never means to stop
you watch it with your heavy eyes that flutter as they fall
Elena, let it carry you down past the mountaintop

[Pre-chorus]
Every turning light will find its way back home again
so close your eyes and let the hush come rolling in like rain
there is nothing out beyond this room that you need fear

[Chorus]
Elena, the light comes round to watch you as you sleep
its slow and steady rhythm is a promise it will keep
you are wrapped in something gentle, you are held in something near
Elena, rest inside the warmth of everyone who loves you here

[Verse 2]
The wall breathes soft with shifting light like tides upon the sand
each sweep a hand that smooths the dark and settles it back down
you do not have to understand to trust it, only stand
still enough to feel the calm come drifting through the town

[Pre-chorus]
Every turning light will find its way back home again
so close your eyes and let the hush come rolling in like rain
there is nothing out beyond this room that you need fear

[Chorus]
Elena, the light comes round to watch you as you sleep
its slow and steady rhythm is a promise it will keep
you are wrapped in something gentle, you are held in something near
Elena, rest inside the warmth of everyone who loves you here

[Bridge]
Sleep now, let the turning slow your breathing to its beat
dream soft while the whole wide dark stays gentle at your feet

[Chorus]
Elena, the light comes round to watch you as you sleep
its slow and steady rhythm is a promise it will keep
you are wrapped in something gentle, you are held in something near
Elena, rest inside the warmth of everyone who loves you here

[Outro]
The light will keep on turning while you drift so far from here
sleep now, Elena, safe and warm, there is nothing you should fear

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