A Strip of Gold
Style: Kalimba night

[Verse 1]
There is a strip of yellow light asleep beneath the door
and it will keep its little watch until the morning comes
your breathing slows, your small hands rest, you need to hold nothing more
the house is quiet, the house is warm, and softly it hums

[Pre-chorus]
Nothing tonight can reach you here, nothing can pull you far
the dark outside has lost its teeth beneath this gentle bar
so let your eyes grow heavy now beneath the coming stars

[Chorus]
Hilda, the light is low and gold and steady by your bed
rest now, the whole wide night is folded soft around your head
Hilda, there is no need to keep one worried thought at all
sleep now, and let the quiet be the only thing that falls

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a door is closed so gently that it barely made a sound
and everything that loves you most is standing close around
the world has shrunk to just this room, this blanket, this small mound
you are the safest thing that ever settled on this ground

[Chorus]
Hilda, the light is low and gold and steady by your bed
rest now, the whole wide night is folded soft around your head
Hilda, there is no need to keep one worried thought at all
sleep now, and let the quiet be the only thing that falls

[Bridge]
No shadow here would dare to move too near where you lie curled
you are the warmest, softest thing in all this turning world

[Chorus]
Hilda, the light is low and gold and steady by your bed
rest now, the whole wide night is folded soft around your head
Hilda, there is no need to keep one worried thought at all
sleep now, and let the quiet be the only thing that falls

[Outro]
That same soft strip of light will still be glowing when you wake
and you'll be just as loved as every hour that it stayed awake

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