A Beam to Keep
Style: Soft piano

[Verse 1]
A yellow beam is sliding slow across the plaster white
it slips behind the net curtains and softens into night
you watch it drift and settle like it knows just where to go
and I am watching only you, my calmest, quietest glow

[Pre-chorus]
Your breathing slows to match the hush that settles on the floor
the beam has found the corner where it rested there before
so close your eyes, my darling, there is nothing at the door

[Chorus]
Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning
hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning
you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof
and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window edge the whole wide world is turning slow
but here the air is quiet and it lets your breathing show
curl a little closer now, let every worry fall away
you are the softest reason I keep watch until the day

[Pre-chorus]
Your breathing slows to match the hush that settles on the floor
the beam has found the corner where it rested there before
so close your eyes, my darling, there is nothing at the door

[Chorus]
Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning
hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning
you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof
and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

[Bridge]
Sleep can hold you gentle as a tide that will not break
nothing in this quiet room will ever ask you to wake

[Chorus]
Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning
hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning
you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof
and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

[Outro]
That same soft beam will find the ceiling long after you are dreaming
and you will still be loved here, quiet, safe, and always gleaming

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