The Line Beneath the Door
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
A thin gold line is resting under the door tonight
It falls so quiet across the floor where you lie
Nothing out there needs to trouble you, love
Sleep is close now, and I am close by

[Pre-chorus]
Let your breathing settle slower than the house around you
Feel the dark grow soft and kind instead of wide
There is nowhere warmer than this small room holding you

[Chorus]
Maisie, the light is low and the world can wait
Nothing hazy has to make you afraid
You are held here safe as houses, steady and true
Maisie, drift now, let the night do what it's made

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the hallway the rest of the house grows still
Only that one gold seam keeps burning low
You don't need to watch it, you can close your eyes now
I will still be here whichever way the shadows go

[Chorus]
Maisie, the light is low and the world can wait
Nothing hazy has to make you afraid
You are held here safe as houses, steady and true
Maisie, drift now, let the night do what it's made

[Bridge]
Every small sound out there is only the house breathing
Nothing comes near you that isn't gentle and slow
You are the calmest thing in this whole sleeping building

[Chorus]
Maisie, the light is low and the world can wait
Nothing hazy has to make you afraid
You are held here safe as houses, steady and true
Maisie, drift now, let the night do what it's made

[Outro]
The gold line will still be there in the morning
Sleep now, love, it will keep watch till then

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