Empty Bowl
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
A blue bowl is resting by the quiet steel sink tonight
nothing left inside it now, washed clean and set down soft
every busy hour has folded itself away
you are the calm that settles after all that light

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes, let the kitchen hush along with you
every small sound is fading into gentle grey
hold my hand while the dark comes drifting low

[Chorus]
Jasmine, the house breathes slow around your sleepy head
nothing can follow you where soft dreams are spread
stars are just lanterns that were quietly cast in
you are the warmest thing this tired night has said

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a tap still drips its last and gentlest sound
you curl up small beneath the blanket's heavy fold
the whole wide day has finally learned to rest
and you're the reason this house feels so safe and sound

[Chorus]
Jasmine, the house breathes slow around your sleepy head
nothing can follow you where soft dreams are spread
stars are just lanterns that were quietly cast in
you are the warmest thing this tired night has said

[Bridge]
Sleep now, there is nothing left to carry or to hold
only you, breathing soft, wrapped up in the dark's slow gold

[Chorus]
Jasmine, the house breathes slow around your sleepy head
nothing can follow you where soft dreams are spread
stars are just lanterns that were quietly cast in
you are the warmest thing this tired night has said

[Outro]
The bowl still waits there empty, patient by the sink
you are already drifting, already safe, already sinking

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