Down to Embers
Style: Kalimba night

[Verse 1]
Watch the last grey ash go sliding down behind the iron bars
See it fall so soft and slow into the waiting dark
You are heavier with sleep now than you are with all the day
There is no place safer for you than right here where you are

[Pre-chorus]
The fire has said all it needed and it settles now to rest
Your small breaths are already slower than they were before
So let the quiet carry you a little further in

[Chorus]
Ezra, the night is closing gently like a hand around a flame
Nobody is going anywhere, nothing here will change
Sleep and let the dark be kind to you the way it always does
Ezra, you were loved before you ever learned your name

[Verse 2]
The room breathes slow around you like an old and patient friend
Shadows on the ceiling only rock you, never stay
Somewhere past the window all the stars are keeping watch tonight
Close your eyes and let them do their quiet work till day

[Pre-chorus]
The fire has said all it needed and it settles now to rest
Your small breaths are already slower than they were before
So let the quiet carry you a little further in

[Chorus]
Ezra, the night is closing gently like a hand around a flame
Nobody is going anywhere, nothing here will change
Sleep and let the dark be kind to you the way it always does
Ezra, you were loved before you ever learned your name

[Bridge]
Even the embers dim to hold their warmth a little longer
So will this love stay banked and glowing after you have gone to sleep

[Chorus]
Ezra, the night is closing gently like a hand around a flame
Nobody is going anywhere, nothing here will change
Sleep and let the dark be kind to you the way it always does
Ezra, you were loved before you ever learned your name

[Outro]
The grate has gone quiet now, the last of the ash settled soft and still
Sleep on, you are held here, you always will

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