Ticking Warm and Slow
Style: Celesta and strings

[Verse 1]
Somewhere behind the wall a small pipe hums its tune
Ticking warm and slow while shadows learn to bend
Close your eyes now, love, beneath the watching moon
Nothing in this room will wake before you mend

[Pre-chorus]
Hear how the quiet holds you, soft as it can be
Breathe with the ticking, let it carry you along
Sleep is coming gentle, closer than you see

[Chorus]
Gemma, the night is only warmth wrapped tight
Nothing can touch you, nothing dares to try
Gemma, you're held here safely through the night
Rest now, my Gemma, underneath this sky

[Verse 2]
Wallpaper flowers fade to grey but you stay bright
Curled beneath the blankets where the warmth collects
Every little tick is just the house saying goodnight
You are the softest thing this whole room protects

[Pre-chorus]
Hear how the quiet holds you, soft as it can be
Breathe with the ticking, let it carry you along
Sleep is coming gentle, closer than you see

[Chorus]
Gemma, the night is only warmth wrapped tight
Nothing can touch you, nothing dares to try
Gemma, you're held here safely through the night
Rest now, my Gemma, underneath this sky

[Bridge]
Let the small sounds be the ones that guard your rest
Let the dark feel like a blanket, not a stranger
You are the dearest thing that this house has ever pressed
Close against its heart, kept far from any danger

[Chorus]
Gemma, the night is only warmth wrapped tight
Nothing can touch you, nothing dares to try
Gemma, you're held here safely through the night
Rest now, my Gemma, underneath this sky

[Outro]
Somewhere the pipe still ticks its patient, tender song
You are already drifting where you belong

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