Striped Rug, Soft Light
Style: Flute and pad

[Verse 1]
Stripes of wool run softly over the old wooden floor
and every colour there was chosen to carry you more
hush is settling into the corners, quiet and slow
this is the last small room you need to know

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere a light is dimming to let the stars appear
warmth is folding round you, closer than you can hear
so let your eyes grow heavy, there is nothing to fear

[Chorus]
Gabriel, the dark is only a blanket pulled with care
Gabriel, my hands are near you, breathing the same soft air
nothing tonight will hurry you, nothing will make you rise
only my quiet humming, only your closing eyes

[Verse 2]
Floorboards are creaking gently under the weight of night
you are the warmest colour caught in the fading light
every thread beneath you holds a piece of the day
folding it into stillness, tucking the noise away

[Bridge]
Sleep is a river carrying you where you need to go
carried so gently, softer than you could ever know

[Chorus]
Gabriel, the dark is only a blanket pulled with care
Gabriel, my hands are near you, breathing the same soft air
nothing tonight will hurry you, nothing will make you rise
only my quiet humming, only your closing eyes

[Outro]
Somewhere the stripes are fading soft into the floor
rest now, my Gabriel, you are held and nothing more

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