The Curtain Breathes Slow
Style: Harp lullaby

[Verse 1]
The white cotton curtain breathes slow by the frame tonight
folding in on the wind like it's holding the light
everything in this room is hushed and it's kind
you are the softest thing that the dark ever finds

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the hours grow long and mild
the whole wide house is quiet, holding its breath for a while
and every corner of this dark is leaning in to say

[Chorus]
Jackie, Jackie, sleep is calling soft and low
rest here easy, let the night wrap round you slow
you are loved beyond the reach of counting or of measure
held so gently, you're the house's quiet treasure

[Verse 2]
The linen lifts a little when the breeze comes near
carrying nothing but the calm of the evening air
nothing in this world could touch you while you rest
you are the warmest thing this tired house has blessed

[Chorus]
Jackie, Jackie, sleep is calling soft and low
rest here easy, let the night wrap round you slow
you are loved beyond the reach of counting or of measure
held so gently, you're the house's quiet treasure

[Bridge]
Not a sound will come to trouble where you lie
only stars keeping watch on a wide and easy sky
you can let the whole day finally loosen and unwind
there is nowhere safer than this stillness you will find

[Chorus]
Jackie, Jackie, sleep is calling soft and low
rest here easy, let the night wrap round you slow
you are loved beyond the reach of counting or of measure
held so gently, you're the house's quiet treasure

[Outro]
The cotton settles gentle as the wind begins to still
and you are held here softly, Jackie, always will

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