Wrapped in Wool
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
Heavy wool falling soft over cotton knees tonight
holds you closer than any word ever might
Your small breaths are slowing, your eyelids grow deep
and here in this chair, love, we drift toward sleep

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the fringe of the blanket is still
every shadow is gentle, every light on the sill
Close your eyes, little one, let the evening take hold

[Chorus]
Helen, my Helen, the dark cannot dwell in
this warm little corner where love comes to sell in
Helen, my Helen, sleep deep and sleep well
safe in this quiet where no fear can dwell

[Verse 2]
Somewhere outside the wind hums its low, easy song
but nothing can reach where you're wrapped up so long
You curl like a question that needs no reply
just the rise of your chest and the hush of a sigh

[Chorus]
Helen, my Helen, the dark cannot dwell in
this warm little corner where love comes to sell in
Helen, my Helen, sleep deep and sleep well
safe in this quiet where no fear can dwell

[Bridge]
Let the day fold away like a coat on a chair
you are held, you are kept, you are always the care
Nothing tonight needs an answer or name
only this rocking, this warmth, and this same

[Chorus]
Helen, my Helen, the dark cannot dwell in
this warm little corner where love comes to sell in
Helen, my Helen, sleep deep and sleep well
safe in this quiet where no fear can dwell

[Outro]
Sleep now beneath the old wool's gentle weight
love will be waiting when morning comes late

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