Soot and Ashes
Style: Humming choir

[Verse 1]
Soot comes tumbling slowly down the old red brick tonight
settling soft as breath into a bed of ashes white
and I am watching over you until the morning light
holding every worry far outside your candle's light

[Pre-chorus]
The fire is fading low but its warmth will never leave
the whole wide house is quiet now, it only wants to breathe
so close your eyes, my darling, let the hush come in and stay

[Chorus]
Kayla, the night is holding you as gently as I can
softer than the falling soot, safer than any plan
you are the warmest ember that this house has ever known
Kayla, sleep now, you are never, ever left alone

[Verse 2]
The brick stays warm long after every little flame is spent
kept safe inside the chimney like a small contented breath
and you will keep that warmth with you through every hour of rest
nothing in the dark tonight will ever pass this test

[Pre-chorus]
The fire is fading low but its warmth will never leave
the whole wide house is quiet now, it only wants to breathe
so close your eyes, my darling, let the hush come in and stay

[Chorus]
Kayla, the night is holding you as gently as I can
softer than the falling soot, safer than any plan
you are the warmest ember that this house has ever known
Kayla, sleep now, you are never, ever left alone

[Bridge]
Every fleck of soot was once a bright and burning spark
and you still carry all that light down through the quiet dark

[Chorus]
Kayla, the night is holding you as gently as I can
softer than the falling soot, safer than any plan
you are the warmest ember that this house has ever known
Kayla, sleep now, you are never, ever left alone

[Outro]
The last soot settles gently on the ashes turning white
rest now in the warmth you leave behind you every night

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