A Little Light for Jeff
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
Under the duvet a small torch is glowing soft and gold
There's a moth at the lens beating wings so gentle and slow
The whole wide dark has shrunk down to this warm little tent
And I hold you closer than anything I've ever held

[Pre-chorus]
Let your breathing slow to match the moth against the light
Let the day fall off you like a coat let down at night
Close your eyes now, love, there's nowhere safer you could be

[Chorus]
Jeff, my Jeff, the whole night curls around you soft and deep
Nothing in the dark can reach you, nothing here to dread
There's a small light burning gentle at the foot of where you sleep
Jeff, you're held so close, so certain, all the way to morning's edge

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window the stars are keeping watch tonight
But nothing out there matters half as much as you right here
I could count a hundred small things that I love about this hour
And still I'd miss the biggest, which is simply having you

[Chorus]
Jeff, my Jeff, the whole night curls around you soft and deep
Nothing in the dark can reach you, nothing here to dread
There's a small light burning gentle at the foot of where you sleep
Jeff, you're held so close, so certain, all the way to morning's edge

[Bridge]
Sleep now, and let the small light do its quiet work
Sleep now, you're the warmest thing in all this room tonight

[Chorus]
Jeff, my Jeff, the whole night curls around you soft and deep
Nothing in the dark can reach you, nothing here to dread
There's a small light burning gentle at the foot of where you sleep
Jeff, you're held so close, so certain, all the way to morning's edge

[Outro]
The moth has settled now, its small wings folded still and slow
Sleep on, my love, the light stays lit for you till morning glows

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