Small Brass Hook
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
A small brass hook is swinging soft against the wall
catching just a little of the lamp's low golden light
and nothing in this room is asking you for anything at all
only that you rest here, safe and warm tonight

[Pre-chorus]
The hush is gathering slowly round the edges of the bed
and every little sound outside is turning into hush too
so let the day slip gently from your small and heavy head

[Chorus]
Kinsley, close your eyes now, let the quiet in
you are held here fully, you are safe within
nobody could love you more than you are loved, Kinsley
the whole wide house is breathing slow to keep you sleeping easy

[Verse 2]
The wallpaper goes pale and soft beneath the fading light
and the hook keeps swinging gently like a pendulum at rest
marking out the minutes as they carry you through night
while you curl up smaller, warmer, tucked against my chest

[Chorus]
Kinsley, close your eyes now, let the quiet in
you are held here fully, you are safe within
nobody could love you more than you are loved, Kinsley
the whole wide house is breathing slow to keep you sleeping easy

[Bridge]
Even when the morning comes to find you
this same soft feeling will still be here behind you

[Chorus]
Kinsley, close your eyes now, let the quiet in
you are held here fully, you are safe within
nobody could love you more than you are loved, Kinsley
the whole wide house is breathing slow to keep you sleeping easy

[Outro]
The little hook has stilled now, swinging softer, slower, slight
and you are sleeping deeply, wrapped in warmth and held in light

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