A Beam of Gold
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
A narrow beam of yellow light lies soft across the floor
It slips beneath the curtain like it's tiptoeing to the door
It moves so slow across the wood, it hardly seems to slide
And it settles where you're lying, and it won't ask for more

[Pre-chorus]
The house breathes low and quiet now, the day has laid it down
Every worry folds up small and leaves without a sound
So let your eyes grow heavy as the hush wraps all around

[Chorus]
Frank, the light is fading gold and soft upon the floor
Nothing in this whole wide world could love you any more
Close your eyes, my darling Frank, and drift away from shore
You are safe here, you are held here, Frank, forevermore

[Verse 2]
The floorboards creak the way they always creak beneath the night
They hold the weight of quiet like they're keeping watch till light
You don't need to worry over shadows on the wall
Every corner of this room is wrapped in warm and right

[Chorus]
Frank, the light is fading gold and soft upon the floor
Nothing in this whole wide world could love you any more
Close your eyes, my darling Frank, and drift away from shore
You are safe here, you are held here, Frank, forevermore

[Bridge]
Sleep will carry you out gentle, further than the light can reach
Past the window, past the hallway, past the things that words could teach
There's a quiet kind of loving that never needs to raise its voice

[Chorus]
Frank, the light is fading gold and soft upon the floor
Nothing in this whole wide world could love you any more
Close your eyes, my darling Frank, and drift away from shore
You are safe here, you are held here, Frank, forevermore

[Outro]
The beam has thinned to nothing but the dark is warm and kind
Sleep now, Frank, the whole night through, with love you'll always find

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