Heavy with the Quiet
Style: Kalimba night

[Verse 1]
The garden holds its breath beneath the silver moon tonight
And every leaf is bending low beneath its silver load
So close your eyes and let the dark wrap round you soft and right
You're safe here like the water resting easy on the road

[Pre-chorus]
The sheds are dark and dreaming, and the world has gone so still
Nothing needs to hurry now, nothing needs to climb the hill
Just settle deeper into rest and let your small heart fill

[Chorus]
Hope, you are the warmth I hold when everything grows dim
Sleep is just a soft descent, not a distant slope to climb
You don't need to reach for it, don't need to stretch or grope
Close your eyes now, little Hope, and drift on into time

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the fence the tomato leaves are bowed and full
And nothing in the whole wide dark is asking you to cope
You are held the way the night holds every heavy, patient thing
And you can rest inside that hold, however far you slope

[Pre-chorus]
The sheds are dark and dreaming, and the world has gone so still
Nothing needs to hurry now, nothing needs to climb the hill
Just settle deeper into rest and let your small heart fill

[Chorus]
Hope, you are the warmth I hold when everything grows dim
Sleep is just a soft descent, not a distant slope to climb
You don't need to reach for it, don't need to stretch or grope
Close your eyes now, little Hope, and drift on into time

[Bridge]
Nothing far away tonight, nothing calling you to go
Only quiet, only breath, only stillness soft and slow

[Chorus]
Hope, you are the warmth I hold when everything grows dim
Sleep is just a soft descent, not a distant slope to climb
You don't need to reach for it, don't need to stretch or grope
Close your eyes now, little Hope, and drift on into time

[Outro]
Somewhere the leaves are heavy still, and holding on till morning
Rest now the same, my Hope, and let the dark be warming

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