Slow Wool, Soft Night
Style: Ambient wash

[Verse 1]
Needles slide so softly through the wool upon my knee
a heavy grey coat waiting for the cold it will not see
you are warmer than any thread that I could ever spin
and that warmth is a gift I give so gladly

[Chorus]
Gladys, close your eyes now, let the evening take its time
nothing you must carry, nothing you must climb
you are held here safely, wrapped in something kind
Gladys, you're the softest thing that's mine

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a coat is folded up and waiting for the morning
stitches holding steady through the hours without warning
you don't need to hold on tight, there's nothing you should mind
sleep can be as gentle as the wool that I am winding

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let the needles rest, the wool has had its turn
quiet is the only thing this room has left to learn
and you are safe inside it, waiting for the dark to turn

[Chorus]
Gladys, close your eyes now, let the evening take its time
nothing you must carry, nothing you must climb
you are held here safely, wrapped in something kind
Gladys, you're the softest thing that's mine

[Bridge]
Row by row the night gets softer, stitch by stitch it grows
around you like a coat that only kindness sews

[Chorus]
Gladys, close your eyes now, let the evening take its time
nothing you must carry, nothing you must climb
you are held here safely, wrapped in something kind
Gladys, you're the softest thing that's mine

[Outro]
Somewhere still the needles rest, the wool has gone quite still
and you are wrapped in all of it, sleeping when you will

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