Shadows on the Wall
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
Watch the grey shadows drifting slow across the ceiling above you
gentle as breathing, they won't ever come to harm you
nothing tonight has a reason to hurry
the dark just holds still so the quiet can find you

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the day slip loose and settle
your small hands unclench like petals after rain
and the whole house leans in closer, listening

[Chorus]
Hazel, the night has wrapped its arms around you soft and slow
the shadows only rock you gently as they go
nothing out there can reach you now
for you're the warmest thing this quiet house will ever know

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a clock is ticking low, patient as a lullaby
the walls remember every hush that's ever passed you by
and you are held here, certain as the morning
safe beneath the ceiling where the pale light learns to sigh

[Bridge]
Let every worry fold itself away and rest
you are the softest thing this whole night blesses

[Chorus]
Hazel, the night has wrapped its arms around you soft and slow
the shadows only rock you gently as they go
nothing out there can reach you now
for you're the warmest thing this quiet house will ever know

[Outro]
Sleep now, while the shadows keep on drifting overhead
the whole world waits outside while you are warm in bed

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