The Quiet Between Songs
Style: Celesta and strings

[Verse 1]
I keep the radio low so the hiss can hold you gently
the songs have gone quiet but I stay close and attentive
that small soft static is a sound I want you to trust
it hums like the house does when it settles into dust

[Pre-chorus]
Nothing in this room is asking you to wake or wonder
there is only breath and blankets and the hush beneath the thunder
and here beside your ear the whole wide world grows smaller

[Chorus]
Ella, the static hums so soft and slow tonight
you are the calm I listen for beneath that light
no song could ever hold you half as close as I do
sleep now, my Ella, there is nothing here to frighten you

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a station hisses between one tune and another
you are the quiet part I never want to smother
I trace your name the way a hand rests on a cello's string
and hope you dream of something warm and wordless, gathering

[Chorus]
Ella, the static hums so soft and slow tonight
you are the calm I listen for beneath that light
no song could ever hold you half as close as I do
sleep now, my Ella, there is nothing here to frighten you

[Bridge]
Let the small grey noise become a blanket, soft and endless
hold you like a hush that always meant to find you

[Chorus]
Ella, the static hums so soft and slow tonight
you are the calm I listen for beneath that light
no song could ever hold you half as close as I do
sleep now, my Ella, there is nothing here to frighten you

[Outro]
The dial stays low, the night keeps humming steady and slow
and you are the song I chose beneath that quiet glow

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