Brown Feathers, Soft and Slow
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Brown feathers brush the frost along the window frame tonight
and I am watching over you as everything grows still
the wooden ledge holds softly onto that small trembling flight
while you breathe slow beside me, safe from every kind of chill

[Pre-chorus]
The candle dims to amber and the house begins to sigh
the little bird has settled where the cold cannot get through
so let your worries empty out and drift away, don't try

[Chorus]
Howard, Howard, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind
rest inside the quiet that we build for you tonight
nothing here can reach you, nothing troubles what you find
Howard, you are held here, warm and wrapped and out of sight

[Verse 2]
I feel the way you're breathing slower, softer than before
your small hand finds mine gently as the night wraps round us both
whatever waits tomorrow can just wait outside the door
for now there's only stillness and the warmth of this one oath

[Chorus]
Howard, Howard, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind
rest inside the quiet that we build for you tonight
nothing here can reach you, nothing troubles what you find
Howard, you are held here, warm and wrapped and out of sight

[Bridge]
Every feather settling is a promise made in low light
that you are worth the watching, worth the keeping through the night

[Chorus]
Howard, Howard, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind
rest inside the quiet that we build for you tonight
nothing here can reach you, nothing troubles what you find
Howard, you are held here, warm and wrapped and out of sight

[Outro]
The frost will keep its watch till morning finds the window pane
and you will still be loved the same when light comes back again

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