Slow as a Marble
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
A little glass marble is rolling so slow across the sill tonight
Tracing its path where the wood tips gently toward the fading light
You are held here safely, wrapped up warm and near
And you rock the way that marble does, so easy and so right

[Pre-chorus]
The window goes quiet and the house breathes low and long
Every small sound settles into something like a song
And the dark leans in soft to carry you along

[Chorus]
Kimberly, the night is yours to keep and hold so tenderly
Sleep is rolling closer now as slow as it can be
Nothing in this room will ever come to trouble you
Kimberly, you're loved in ways too big for me to see

[Verse 2]
The marble finds the low edge and it rests there, warm and still
It doesn't hurry anywhere, it simply has its fill
You can let go now the way that small glass sphere does
Settling soft into the corner of the sill

[Bridge]
Whatever rolled through your small day is finished now and done
Rest your head where all the quiet and the warmth become one

[Chorus]
Kimberly, the night is yours to keep and hold so tenderly
Sleep is rolling closer now as slow as it can be
Nothing in this room will ever come to trouble you
Kimberly, you're loved in ways too big for me to see

[Outro]
Somewhere on the sill a small glass marble has gone still
Sleep now, you are held, and you always, always will

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