Heather, Soft the Night
Style: Soft piano

[Verse 1]
Soot is shifting slowly down in the sleepy hearth tonight
Grey smoke leaning soft against the cold and quiet slate
Somewhere past the window the whole wide world is settling too
And you are wrapped up warm where every worry loses its bite

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let the last small ember dim and fold away
There is nothing waiting for you but a gentle kind of dark
So let your breathing slow to match the fire's quiet sway

[Chorus]
Heather, Heather, close your eyes, the night is soft as feather
Nothing here will stir or fright you whatsoever the weather
Every little sound tonight is only wind against the wall
Heather, we are here together, holding on to you forever

[Verse 2]
The ash lies still and silver where the flames have gone to rest
And the warmth it leaves behind still lingers low along the floor
You are held the very same way, safe and certain in your nest
There is nothing you could need tonight that isn't already yours

[Bridge]
Sleep can come as gently as the smoke against the stone
You were never meant to face the dark tonight alone

[Chorus]
Heather, Heather, close your eyes, the night is soft as feather
Nothing here will stir or fright you whatsoever the weather
Every little sound tonight is only wind against the wall
Heather, we are here together, holding on to you forever

[Outro]
The last of the soot has settled soft and still upon the slate
Sleep now, Heather, safe and warm, however long the night may wait

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