The Wool You'll Grow Into
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
The wool blanket sits knotted over the chair, waiting for morning
Nobody moves it tonight, the whole room has gone quiet and slow
Somewhere under it your small hands once learned how to hold on
There's a softness in this house tonight that only you could bring

[Pre-chorus]
The lamp is dim now and the hush is settling into the walls
Nothing in this room is asking anything at all of you
Just the dark, and the quiet, and the shape of you drifting down

[Chorus]
Maeve, the whole night bends in close to keep you safe
Every corner of this room was made to hold you, Maeve
Sleep can find you gently here, there's nowhere else to be
Nothing in the dark tonight was ever built to make you brave

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a door clicks shut and the house folds in around you
Warm air settles slow across the blankets piled beside your bed
You breathe out longer now, further down into the pillow
Small as you are tonight, you are the centre of this whole house

[Bridge]
Rest your worries by the chair, let the wool blanket keep them
Nothing needs deciding now, nothing needs to be carried

[Chorus]
Maeve, the whole night bends in close to keep you safe
Every corner of this room was made to hold you, Maeve
Sleep can find you gently here, there's nowhere else to be
Nothing in the dark tonight was ever built to make you brave

[Outro]
The blanket stays right where it fell, still warm from your hands
Sleep now, little one, morning will find you exactly here

Free from Songbird: lovesongbirds.com