Soot and Ember
Style: Flute and pad

[Verse 1]
The soot falls slow behind the iron grate tonight
drifting down so gently in the dying firelight
the flames are curling smaller now
and you are wrapped up warm and out of sight

[Chorus]
Gillian, the embers glow so soft and low
you are the warmest thing this quiet house will know
rest here where the shadows move so gently, Gillian
nothing in the dark can touch you, nowhere you must go

[Verse 2]
The old brick wall holds every whisper of the day
watching as the last small sparks all drift away
your breathing slows to match the hush
and every worry simply melts and fades

[Pre-chorus]
Outside the wind is turning soft against the glass
hush now, let the ticking clock and daylight pass
close your eyes and feel how still it's grown

[Chorus]
Gillian, the embers glow so soft and low
you are the warmest thing this quiet house will know
rest here where the shadows move so gently, Gillian
nothing in the dark can touch you, nowhere you must go

[Bridge]
Sleep is a blanket laid across the floor
soft as the ash that settles by the door
you are held here closer than a million stars

[Chorus]
Gillian, the embers glow so soft and low
you are the warmest thing this quiet house will know
rest here where the shadows move so gently, Gillian
nothing in the dark can touch you, nowhere you must go

[Outro]
The soot has settled quiet now behind the grate
and you are safe and sleeping, so calm, so still, so late

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