Rust and Rest
Style: Music box

[Verse 1]
Out by the path where the heavy ferns are leaning low
There's an old garden chair that the years have turned to rust
Still it waits through the dark for the morning's gentle glow
The way I wait for you, little one I trust

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the quiet settle round your bed
Every worry of the day can rest its weary head
There's a hush in the garden and it's coming for you now

[Chorus]
Sleep, my Lara, underneath the watching stars so far
Nothing in the wide dark night could ever bring you harm
You are safer than a jewel locked inside a tiara
Warm and held and wrapped up soft within my arm

[Verse 2]
The brick path holds the footsteps of every gentle year
Soft beneath the ferns that lean to shade it from the sun
Just like I will hold you close whenever you are near
Until the long night's ended and the quiet day's begun

[Chorus]
Sleep, my Lara, underneath the watching stars so far
Nothing in the wide dark night could ever bring you harm
You are safer than a jewel locked inside a tiara
Warm and held and wrapped up soft within my arm

[Bridge]
Even rusted things can hold their shape against the storm
Even old and quiet things can still keep someone warm

[Chorus]
Sleep, my Lara, underneath the watching stars so far
Nothing in the wide dark night could ever bring you harm
You are safer than a jewel locked inside a tiara
Warm and held and wrapped up soft within my arm

[Outro]
The ferns will still be leaning when you wake to greet the light
Sleep now, little Lara, I am here to hold the night

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