Light Across the Valley
Style: Vibraphone drift

[Verse 1]
A far light sweeps the ceiling slow above your little bed
It comes from somewhere out past the valley, soft and wide
You watch it drift and never once do you feel any dread
Because you know that I am here and staying by your side

[Pre-chorus]
The light will turn and fade back out to sea
But you are held here warmer than the tide
So let your eyes grow heavy now with me

[Chorus]
Hallie, the whole wide night is leaning down to keep you safe
Sleep now, and let the hours turn so gently out of sight
Nothing will come to trouble you or lead you from this place
Hallie, my love, you are the calm inside this whole wide night

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a lens is turning out beyond the darkened shore
Sending its beam across the water, slow and sure and true
You do not need to understand what all that light is for
You only need to know that it will never look for you

[Pre-chorus]
The light will turn and fade back out to sea
But you are held here warmer than the tide
So let your eyes grow heavy now with me

[Chorus]
Hallie, the whole wide night is leaning down to keep you safe
Sleep now, and let the hours turn so gently out of sight
Nothing will come to trouble you or lead you from this place
Hallie, my love, you are the calm inside this whole wide night

[Bridge]
Rest your small hand open on the blanket, soft and still
Nothing out there matters more than you do lying here

[Chorus]
Hallie, the whole wide night is leaning down to keep you safe
Sleep now, and let the hours turn so gently out of sight
Nothing will come to trouble you or lead you from this place
Hallie, my love, you are the calm inside this whole wide night

[Outro]
Far off the light will keep on turning, patient through the dark
And you will sleep here safe and certain, held within its arc

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