Wet Leaves and Lamplight
Style: Humming choir

[Verse 1]
The porch light catches every leaf out there in the wet dark
Softly it glows just to keep watch while you drift far away
Nothing tonight can come close enough to trouble your small heart
You are the warmest thing this whole quiet street will know till day

[Chorus]
Gabriel, hush now, the night has you wrapped in its slow keeping
Rain on the leaves is just the world humming you under
Sleep finds you soft as the light through the glass gently seeping
Gabriel, nothing can reach you, not thunder, not wonder

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a puddle holds the whole sky folded up small and still
Just like that puddle, you hold more than your tiny frame could say
Close your eyes now, let the hush of the evening have its will
Nobody loved has ever been loved in quite this gentle way

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how quiet the whole street has gone, holding its breath for you
Even the wind has curled up soft against the windowpane
Something is waiting to carry you where the soft dark leads to

[Chorus]
Gabriel, hush now, the night has you wrapped in its slow keeping
Rain on the leaves is just the world humming you under
Sleep finds you soft as the light through the glass gently seeping
Gabriel, nothing can reach you, not thunder, not wonder

[Bridge]
You are held closer than any lamp holds its own small light
Nothing unkind gets past this door, not tonight, not tonight

[Chorus]
Gabriel, hush now, the night has you wrapped in its slow keeping
Rain on the leaves is just the world humming you under
Sleep finds you soft as the light through the glass gently seeping
Gabriel, nothing can reach you, not thunder, not wonder

[Outro]
Somewhere the leaves are still glistening under that same porch light
Sleep now, you are the softest thing living inside this night

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