Sweeter Than the Distance
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
A yellow light slides slow across the old brick wall
far off where the quiet tracks run out of sight
you're wrapped up warm before the evening starts to fall
held closer than the hush that settles in tonight

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere out there engines hum and rumble on their way
but nothing out there needs to come and steal this hour
so let your breathing find the calm and drift and stay

[Chorus]
Etta, the dark can't touch you here
nothing tonight could ever be better
close your eyes, there's nothing to fear
you are the warmest thing in this letter

[Verse 2]
The wall goes dim again once that light has passed it by
but you don't need a lamp to know you're safe and sound
this little room holds softer things than stars up in the sky
and every hush inside it wraps you gently round

[Bridge]
Let the far tracks hum their sleepy tune
rest inside the calm that fills this room

[Chorus]
Etta, the dark can't touch you here
nothing tonight could ever be better
close your eyes, there's nothing to fear
you are the warmest thing in this letter

[Outro]
The light moves on but leaves its warmth here on the wall
and you sleep on, the softest thing of all

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