A Beam of Light for Jean
Style: Rain and piano

[Verse 1]
A quiet beam of white slides slowly over the plaster
I watch it cross the ceiling and think only of you
Somewhere past the window the whole dark world is turning
But nothing in it matters more than this small room

[Pre-chorus]
The light will pass and leave the ceiling clean and bare
But you are held here closer than any passing glow
So let your breathing slow to meet the hush I'm keeping

[Chorus]
Jean, my Jean, the night is soft and you are safe within it
Close your eyes, the dark has nothing sharp to lean on you
Jean, there's nothing out there wilder than your dreaming
Sleep now, Jean, till morning comes up gold and clean

[Verse 2]
The beam will circle back around before the sky turns silver
I'll still be here to see it, watching over you
Every shadow in this room has learned to move so gently
Because it knows how precious this small quiet is to keep

[Chorus]
Jean, my Jean, the night is soft and you are safe within it
Close your eyes, the dark has nothing sharp to lean on you
Jean, there's nothing out there wilder than your dreaming
Sleep now, Jean, till morning comes up gold and clean

[Bridge]
Rain keeps its own soft time against the glass tonight
Somewhere a piano hums a note that folds like a blanket
You don't need to know why the world feels this gentle
Only that it does, only that you're held and seen

[Chorus]
Jean, my Jean, the night is soft and you are safe within it
Close your eyes, the dark has nothing sharp to lean on you
Jean, there's nothing out there wilder than your dreaming
Sleep now, Jean, till morning comes up gold and clean

[Outro]
The beam has settled somewhere past the edge of seeing
Sleep well, my Jean, you are the calmest light I know

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