Shadows on the Rug
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
Look how the shadows slip so quiet across the woven rug tonight
Sliding along the floorboard like they're tiptoeing to somewhere warm
You watch them go with sleepy eyes that soon will lose the fight
Nothing out there can touch you here, safe inside my arm

[Pre-chorus]
Every corner of this room is holding you so gently now
The dark outside can't reach you here, no matter how it tries
So let your breathing slow right down, let your eyelids bow

[Chorus]
Hattie, hush now, close your eyes and drift away with me
Nothing in this whole wide world could love you more than I do
Hattie, you're the softest light that this house will ever see
Sleep now, little Hattie, morning's waiting, it'll come for you

[Verse 2]
Watch the shapes glide slow and easy where the lamp begins to fade
Curling round the edges of the rug like they're keeping you good company
Nothing in that gentle dark was ever meant to make you afraid
Only quiet, only calm, only me here watching over thee

[Pre-chorus]
Every corner of this room is holding you so gently now
The dark outside can't reach you here, no matter how it tries
So let your breathing slow right down, let your eyelids bow

[Chorus]
Hattie, hush now, close your eyes and drift away with me
Nothing in this whole wide world could love you more than I do
Hattie, you're the softest light that this house will ever see
Sleep now, little Hattie, morning's waiting, it'll come for you

[Bridge]
Rest your small hand softly here and feel how steady my heart beats
Nothing needs to hurry now, no clock, no sound, no light

[Chorus]
Hattie, hush now, close your eyes and drift away with me
Nothing in this whole wide world could love you more than I do
Hattie, you're the softest light that this house will ever see
Sleep now, little Hattie, morning's waiting, it'll come for you

[Outro]
Somewhere on that quiet rug the shadows finally come to rest
Just like you, held safe and warm, curled softly on my chest

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