Boot Beside the Embers
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
A worn old boot leans quiet by the fading fire tonight
Its long day of walking folded into amber light
Soon every little sound will settle soft and low
And nothing in this house will ask you where to go

[Chorus]
Madeline, the coals are dimming into gold and grey
Sleep is a road that gently carries you away
Madeline, there's nothing here that means you harm
You are the warmest thing inside this quiet warm

[Verse 2]
The hearth breathes slower now, its glow a fading hum
Your small hands rest like nothing else will come
This house remembers every step that brought it home
And holds you closer than the dark could ever roam

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how the embers settle into sleepy red
Feel how heavy grows the weight inside your head
Let the last light empty out the worry from the day

[Chorus]
Madeline, the coals are dimming into gold and grey
Sleep is a road that gently carries you away
Madeline, there's nothing here that means you harm
You are the warmest thing inside this quiet warm

[Bridge]
Rest now where the firelight used to climb so high
Someone still is watching as the sparks begin to die
You were loved before this ember ever learned to glow

[Chorus]
Madeline, the coals are dimming into gold and grey
Sleep is a road that gently carries you away
Madeline, there's nothing here that means you harm
You are the warmest thing inside this quiet warm

[Outro]
The boot stays by the hearth till morning finds it there
Sleep now, Madeline, you're held in someone's quiet care

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