Elm Shadow
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Outside the window the old elm is swaying so slowly tonight
Its branches draw shadows that move on the wall soft and slow
You watch them go by with your eyes growing heavy with light
Curled up in the warmth of a room that has nowhere to go

[Pre-chorus]
Nothing out there means you any harm while you sleep
Every shadow that moves is just night saying goodnight
Close your eyes now and let the whole house grow deep

[Chorus]
Julia, the branches are swaying you into your dreams
Somewhere so soft that the dark cannot ever feel cold
You are the warmest thing under these yellow lamplit beams
Julia, you're held here more gently than words could be told

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a wind moves the elm tree and nothing else stirs
Only your breath and the hush that comes after a song
Nobody needs you to open your eyes or your ears
Rest is the safest and quietest place you belong

[Bridge]
Let every branch on the wall rock you down, rock you slow
Sleep is a shore and you're drifting so easy to reach

[Chorus]
Julia, the branches are swaying you into your dreams
Somewhere so soft that the dark cannot ever feel cold
You are the warmest thing under these yellow lamplit beams
Julia, you're held here more gently than words could be told

[Outro]
The elm keeps on swaying its shadows across the warm wall
And you are asleep now, the safest, the smallest of all

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