Wool and Rocking Chair
Style: Clarinet nightlight

[Verse 1]
Softly the chair leans back and forward, easy and slow
Wool fringe brushes your fingers wherever they go
You are held safe here while the whole house stays quiet
Nothing tonight can touch you, nothing can follow

[Chorus]
Hayes, my love, the dark is only resting
Close your eyes now, let the hush be your blanket
Somewhere a candle dims but you are the brightest
Hayes, you are held through all of these long grey days

[Verse 2]
Every thread that trails is holding on to you tender
Rocking slower now, the room begins to surrender
You breathe like the tide going out on some quiet shore
Sleep is only another way of saying I remember

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let your small hands finally rest and unclench
Feel how the night folds soft around this little bench
Nothing waits out there but morning, patient and slow

[Chorus]
Hayes, my love, the dark is only resting
Close your eyes now, let the hush be your blanket
Somewhere a candle dims but you are the brightest
Hayes, you are held through all of these long grey days

[Bridge]
Wherever you drift tonight, you drift here still
Wrapped in the same old wool, held at the same windowsill

[Chorus]
Hayes, my love, the dark is only resting
Close your eyes now, let the hush be your blanket
Somewhere a candle dims but you are the brightest
Hayes, you are held through all of these long grey days

[Outro]
Sleep now, the chair keeps rocking long after you are still
Wool fringe swaying gently, holding your place until

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