Lincoln, Close Your Eyes
Style: Accordion cradle

[Verse 1]
The lace throws its shadow soft across the cream wall tonight
Sliding slow as the hours forget how to hurry along
Everything in this room is holding you gentle and tight
There is nowhere as safe as here where you belong

[Pre-chorus]
The house breathes low around you, easy and slow
Every shadow that moves is only the curtain in play
Close your eyes now and let the whole wide world go

[Chorus]
Lincoln, the night has come to sink into your skin
Nothing can reach you here, nothing can ever win
You are the warmest thought that this house has ever known
Lincoln, you are held so close, you are never alone

[Verse 2]
The shapes on the wallpaper stretch out and settle like sighs
Soft as a hand that is smoothing the day from your brow
Every small sound in the dark is only a lullaby
Rest now, there is nothing left that you need to do now

[Pre-chorus]
The house breathes low around you, easy and slow
Every shadow that moves is only the curtain in play
Close your eyes now and let the whole wide world go

[Chorus]
Lincoln, the night has come to sink into your skin
Nothing can reach you here, nothing can ever win
You are the warmest thought that this house has ever known
Lincoln, you are held so close, you are never alone

[Bridge]
Sleep is a small quiet boat and you are safe inside it
Drifting on further than any dream could ever roam

[Chorus]
Lincoln, the night has come to sink into your skin
Nothing can reach you here, nothing can ever win
You are the warmest thought that this house has ever known
Lincoln, you are held so close, you are never alone

[Outro]
The lace on the wall has grown still, and so may you now
Sleep well, little one, you are held, you are home

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