Tied to the Ring
Style: Vibraphone drift

[Verse 1]
The green weed drifts so slowly past the old wooden rudder tonight
Easy and slow, the way the harbour holds its breath till light
Tied to a rusty ring that never once let go of its charge
You are held just as gently, and you are held just as tight

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the water is turning to glass beneath the moon
Nothing will wake you, nothing will hurry you, nothing will loom
Just let the dark keep humming its low and easy tune

[Chorus]
Juliana, sleep is a boat and you're already aboard
Drifting so soft on a tide that only loves you more
Nobody's leaving, nothing is lost, nothing to be wary of
Juliana, rest now, you are so deeply adored

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a rope holds fast against the pull of the sea
Patient the way that I will always be watching over thee
Green weed curling slow around the wood like a lullaby of its own
You are the calmest thing that has ever belonged to me

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the water is turning to glass beneath the moon
Nothing will wake you, nothing will hurry you, nothing will loom
Just let the dark keep humming its low and easy tune

[Chorus]
Juliana, sleep is a boat and you're already aboard
Drifting so soft on a tide that only loves you more
Nobody's leaving, nothing is lost, nothing to be wary of
Juliana, rest now, you are so deeply adored

[Bridge]
Every small thing that ever drifted finds its way home in the end
Close your eyes, let the slow dark water carry you round the bend

[Chorus]
Juliana, sleep is a boat and you're already aboard
Drifting so soft on a tide that only loves you more
Nobody's leaving, nothing is lost, nothing to be wary of
Juliana, rest now, you are so deeply adored

[Outro]
The weed still drifts by the rudder, tied soft to the rusty ring
Sleep now, my love, held fast to everything that this night can bring

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