The Rope Rests Easy
Style: Rain and piano

[Verse 1]
I coil the rope and lay it soft at the bottom of the boat
No need to sail tonight, no need to search or float
Everything that moved today can finally lie down slow
You are the reason all this quiet wants to grow

[Pre-chorus]
The water settles flat and holds the little light it keeps
Nothing pulls, nothing tugs, the whole night barely creeps
Close your eyes now, let the hush come find you where you sleep

[Chorus]
Isaac, the harbour holds you safe and low
Nothing here will pull you where you don't want to go
Isaac, sleep is just the gentlest tide
Rest here, coiled and warm, with the whole night on your side

[Verse 2]
You breathe the way the rope lies, loose and unafraid to rest
No knot to tie tonight, no far shore to test
I'll keep watch so nothing tugs the line while you dream on
You can let the whole wide dark be calm until it's gone

[Chorus]
Isaac, the harbour holds you safe and low
Nothing here will pull you where you don't want to go
Isaac, sleep is just the gentlest tide
Rest here, coiled and warm, with the whole night on your side

[Bridge]
Somewhere past the window the whole dark bay is still
No current strong enough to move you if it will
You are held the way the rope is held, not lost, just laid to rest

[Chorus]
Isaac, the harbour holds you safe and low
Nothing here will pull you where you don't want to go
Isaac, sleep is just the gentlest tide
Rest here, coiled and warm, with the whole night on your side

[Outro]
The rope stays coiled and still until the morning finds the shore
You are loved exactly this much, and always a little more

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