Amber and Wool
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
The lamp burns low and gold beside the woollen blanket near your head
It catches every rough soft fibre like a field of evening wheat instead
Close your eyes now, let the hours grow slow
I will stay until the dark and light have properly been between

[Pre-chorus]
The house is quiet, every corner settling down to rest
Your breathing slows to match the hush that's gathering in your chest
Somewhere soft, the night is leaning in to hold you close

[Chorus]
Jacqueline, the dark is only softness dressed in evening's calm routine
Nothing here will ever touch you, nothing sharp or unforeseen
You are held the way the wool holds warmth against the amber sheen
Sleep now, Jacqueline, and drift where everything is serene

[Verse 2]
Somewhere far the wind is humming quiet songs it's always known
Wrapped in wool you're safer than a seed that's only just been sown
Let your small hands loosen, let them rest
Morning waits behind the dark, patient, calm and evergreen

[Chorus]
Jacqueline, the dark is only softness dressed in evening's calm routine
Nothing here will ever touch you, nothing sharp or unforeseen
You are held the way the wool holds warmth against the amber sheen
Sleep now, Jacqueline, and drift where everything is serene

[Bridge]
Every thread around you was woven soft to keep you warm
Nothing in this quiet house was ever built to bring you harm
Rest inside the glow that never leaves your side

[Chorus]
Jacqueline, the dark is only softness dressed in evening's calm routine
Nothing here will ever touch you, nothing sharp or unforeseen
You are held the way the wool holds warmth against the amber sheen
Sleep now, Jacqueline, and drift where everything is serene

[Outro]
The lamp will keep its low and steady glow till morning comes again
Sleep now, Jacqueline, held safe and warm and wrapped in wool till then

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