Little Light Across the Water
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
Far across the water a lantern glows soft and red
Blinking slow and steady through the drifting evening fog
Nothing in the dark tonight is coming for your bed
Sleep is close and gentle as a step on a mossy log

[Pre-chorus]
That small light keeps turning just to watch you rest
Nothing in the wide night could ever love you less
Let your eyes grow heavy now and lean into your chest

[Chorus]
Gregory, the light is low and turning just for you
Every quiet blink says you are held and safe tonight
Nothing in the fog outside can find its way into you
Gregory, sleep soft beneath that far and steady light

[Verse 2]
Somewhere on the water something old keeps watch till dawn
Rocking gently, patient as the tide that never tires
You are tucked in warm before the darkness settles on
Wrapped up safe and drowsy by the hush the night requires

[Bridge]
No storm can touch you curled up small and warm
You are the calm at the centre of the night's long arm

[Chorus]
Gregory, the light is low and turning just for you
Every quiet blink says you are held and safe tonight
Nothing in the fog outside can find its way into you
Gregory, sleep soft beneath that far and steady light

[Outro]
Somewhere far off still that lantern glows its slow red glow
Sleep now, little one, and let the quiet water flow

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