Softly the Rain Falls
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Leaves are brushing gently on the hood above your head
Raindrops tap so softly, keeping time with your slow sighs
Everything out there has settled, quieted, gone to bed
Nothing in this whole wide world could ever trouble your closed eyes

[Pre-chorus]
The dark is only a blanket, pulled up soft around your bones
Nothing waits out there to find you, nothing calls you from your rest
Just the hush, and you, and stillness, breathing low in gentle tones

[Chorus]
Madeline, the night has wrapped you warm and safe and fine
Rain is falling easy, like it's tracing out a line
You are held here closer than the leaves against the vine
Sleep now, Madeline, you are the calm here, you're divine

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window little drops keep falling slow and true
Nothing hurries in the dark, no reason left to keep it near
Every little sound out there has come to rest because of you
You are why the whole night settles, why there's nothing left to fear

[Pre-chorus]
The dark is only a blanket, pulled up soft around your bones
Nothing waits out there to find you, nothing calls you from your rest
Just the hush, and you, and stillness, breathing low in gentle tones

[Chorus]
Madeline, the night has wrapped you warm and safe and fine
Rain is falling easy, like it's tracing out a line
You are held here closer than the leaves against the vine
Sleep now, Madeline, you are the calm here, you're divine

[Bridge]
Rest now, let the quiet hold you closer than before
You are so loved here, so needed, so worth waiting for

[Chorus]
Madeline, the night has wrapped you warm and safe and fine
Rain is falling easy, like it's tracing out a line
You are held here closer than the leaves against the vine
Sleep now, Madeline, you are the calm here, you're divine

[Outro]
Leaves are still now, resting easy on the hood above your head
Sleep on, gentle one, the rain has sung you softly off to bed

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