Soot and Ember
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
The soot has stopped its shifting behind the heavy iron bars
Everything that moved today is finally lying still
This little room is holding warm beneath the fading stars
And you are safe inside it, Jax, and nothing means you ill

[Pre-chorus]
The last small ember settles and dims to a gentle glow
Your breathing finds its rhythm, slower than it was before
So let the hush around you grow

[Chorus]
Jax, my love, the fire is banked and low
Every ember answers you with its quiet golden hum
Rest here where the warmth has nowhere else to go
Jax, the night is soft and it has only come to keep you

[Verse 2]
The grate holds back the ashes like a promise kept till dawn
Nothing in this house will stir before you're ready to wake
Somewhere past the window the whole wide world moves on
But here the only thing that matters is the peace we make

[Bridge]
Sleep is just the ember choosing quiet over flame
Held and safe and wanted, always answering to your name

[Chorus]
Jax, my love, the fire is banked and low
Every ember answers you with its quiet golden hum
Rest here where the warmth has nowhere else to go
Jax, the night is soft and it has only come to keep you

[Outro]
The soot lies settled softly now behind the iron bars
Sleep on, you're held as gently as the warmth that guards the stars

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