Wool and Quiet
Style: Harp lullaby

[Verse 1]
You are wrapped in a fringe of wool gone soft with the evening
Denim knees hold still so the dark feels like a blessing
Nothing asks you to be anywhere but here
Sleep is only a hush that keeps arriving

[Pre-chorus]
Your breathing slows to match the quiet in the room
Shadows settle where the lamp light used to loom
Close your eyes, let the whole wide night lean in

[Chorus]
Etta, the dark is only asking you to rest
Fingers of wool are combing you toward better
Nothing tonight will ever love you less
Sleep now, Etta, safe beneath the letter of this house

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a fringe sways slow against a knee
Small as a whisper, steady as the tide can be
You are held here tighter than a fist of thread
Warm as the wool that never once let you go cold

[Bridge]
Let every worry drop like thread let loose
Nothing tonight is chasing after you

[Chorus]
Etta, the dark is only asking you to rest
Fingers of wool are combing you toward better
Nothing tonight will ever love you less
Sleep now, Etta, safe beneath the letter of this house

[Outro]
Somewhere the wool still hangs against the dark of denim knees
Sleep now, small one, held in something softer than the breeze

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