Down the Quiet Hall
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
The floorboards hush beneath my wool sock feet tonight
Down the quiet hall where the lamp burns low and small
I carry you so gentle, held in golden light
And nothing in this house can trouble you at all

[Pre-chorus]
Every creaking board is singing you to rest
Every shadow here is soft and kind and slow
The whole house leans in close to say you're blessed

[Chorus]
Lucas, the night is yours to keep
Nothing can follow you into sleep
Lucas, my arms are where you stay
Safe from the noise of the whole wide day

[Verse 2]
The corridor remembers every step we've ever made
Soft as socks on wood, as quiet as a sigh
I'll walk this same short distance until the fear has stayed
Outside these walls where you and I both lie

[Pre-chorus]
Every creaking board is singing you to rest
Every shadow here is soft and kind and slow
The whole house leans in close to say you're blessed

[Chorus]
Lucas, the night is yours to keep
Nothing can follow you into sleep
Lucas, my arms are where you stay
Safe from the noise of the whole wide day

[Bridge]
Somewhere the wind is turning over on the roof
Somewhere the world is small and far and slow
You are the warmest thing I've ever known as truth

[Chorus]
Lucas, the night is yours to keep
Nothing can follow you into sleep
Lucas, my arms are where you stay
Safe from the noise of the whole wide day

[Outro]
The floorboards settle now, the hall breathes soft and slow
Sleep, little one, there is nowhere else to go

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