Slow Water, Soft Boat
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
The boat leans soft against the dark and quiet water
Rocking so slow beneath the little bed you keep
Every small wave taps the wood to sing you under
Down and down into the kind of sleep so deep

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the lantern dim to amber
Feel the hull breathe slow beneath you, calm and steady
Sleep is coming soft and warm, and it is ready

[Chorus]
Isabella, hush now, let the water hold you
Nobody is safer than you are tonight
Every ripple hums a tune to fold you
Isabella, sleep now, you're held tight

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window all the stars are floating quiet
Wrapped in blankets warm as any harbour light can be
Nothing needs your eyes to open, nothing needs you waking
Rest here where the water rocks you gently out to sea

[Bridge]
Let the dark be soft around you, let it hum you low
You are carried, you are steady, wherever dreams may go

[Chorus]
Isabella, hush now, let the water hold you
Nobody is safer than you are tonight
Every ripple hums a tune to fold you
Isabella, sleep now, you're held tight

[Outro]
The water keeps on lapping soft against the sleeping hull
And you drift on, so loved, so warm, so full

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