A Line of Amber
Style: Harp lullaby

[Verse 1]
There's a thin line of amber laid across the floor tonight
slipping in from the hallway, soft and low and warm as light
and it comes to say the house is holding on to you
every wall and every shadow keeping watch the whole night through

[Pre-chorus]
So let your busy little breaths go slower now, and slower still
let the day fall from your shoulders, let it settle where it will
sleep is only waiting for you, just beyond the windowsill

[Chorus]
Elias, close your eyes now, let the amber light stay low
you are held here, you are steady, there is nowhere you need go
Elias, sleep is gentle, sleep will carry what it can
and it carries you to morning, safe inside its quiet hand

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past that door the house breathes slow and even in the dark
every creaking board and corner keeps a small and steady spark
nothing here will move to trouble anything you dream tonight
you are wrapped in something older than the thin gold line of light

[Pre-chorus]
So let your busy little breaths go slower now, and slower still
let the day fall from your shoulders, let it settle where it will
sleep is only waiting for you, just beyond the windowsill

[Chorus]
Elias, close your eyes now, let the amber light stay low
you are held here, you are steady, there is nowhere you need go
Elias, sleep is gentle, sleep will carry what it can
and it carries you to morning, safe inside its quiet hand

[Bridge]
No need to chase the morning, it will find you on its own
you can rest here in the middle, never once alone

[Chorus]
Elias, close your eyes now, let the amber light stay low
you are held here, you are steady, there is nowhere you need go
Elias, sleep is gentle, sleep will carry what it can
and it carries you to morning, safe inside its quiet hand

[Outro]
That same thin line of amber will be waiting when you wake
still and warm across the floorboards, steady for your sake

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