The Oar Rests Now
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
Somewhere a wet oar leans against a canvas seat and rests
Water stops moving once the rowing day is through
No more far shores to reach before the light comes up
Sleep finds its harbour now and settles into you

[Pre-chorus]
Every small journey ends where the warm blankets wait
Hush now, the water has gone quiet and still
Close your eyes gently, there is no need to be late

[Chorus]
Gwendoline, the night is soft and leaning close to you
Nothing can reach you here where the dark is kind
Rest now, let go of the day you have been through
Gwendoline, sleep, and let the stars unwind

[Verse 2]
Somewhere the grey seat holds the shape of someone gone to shore
You are held here closer than any hand could hold a rope
Nothing drifts away from you while these arms stay near
You are the reason this whole quiet house can hope

[Pre-chorus]
Every small journey ends where the warm blankets wait
Hush now, the water has gone quiet and still
Close your eyes gently, there is no need to be late

[Chorus]
Gwendoline, the night is soft and leaning close to you
Nothing can reach you here where the dark is kind
Rest now, let go of the day you have been through
Gwendoline, sleep, and let the stars unwind

[Bridge]
Wherever you drift tonight, you drift held and known
Nothing out there is bigger than the love that keeps you

[Chorus]
Gwendoline, the night is soft and leaning close to you
Nothing can reach you here where the dark is kind
Rest now, let go of the day you have been through
Gwendoline, sleep, and let the stars unwind

[Outro]
Somewhere the oar leans quiet, its long journey done
Sleep now, Gwendoline, safe till the morning sun

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