Ash and Ember
Style: Accordion cradle

[Verse 1]
Grey ash slides soft down the charred old log tonight
Curling like smoke that has nowhere left to go
You watch it fall with your eyes so heavy and bright
Sleep is coming slow, sleep is coming slow

[Pre-chorus]
Nothing out there can reach you here by the fire's glow
Every small sound is fading into the warm and low
So let your breathing settle soft, and let it grow

[Chorus]
Mali, Mali, the embers bank down low
Hush now in the amber light, let the whole world go
Close your eyes where the last logs softly glow
Mali, you're the warmest thing this house will ever know

[Verse 2]
A little heat still hums beneath the ashy grey
Quiet as a heartbeat keeping time till day
You curl in close, you tuck the night away
Sleep is coming, sleep is coming, stay

[Pre-chorus]
Nothing out there can reach you here by the fire's glow
Every small sound is fading into the warm and low
So let your breathing settle soft, and let it grow

[Chorus]
Mali, Mali, the embers bank down low
Hush now in the amber light, let the whole world go
Close your eyes where the last logs softly glow
Mali, you're the warmest thing this house will ever know

[Bridge]
Wherever this small flame of you may drift and roam
You carry all this quiet, you carry all this home

[Chorus]
Mali, Mali, the embers bank down low
Hush now in the amber light, let the whole world go
Close your eyes where the last logs softly glow
Mali, you're the warmest thing this house will ever know

[Outro]
Grey ash settles gently, the grate breathes soft and slow
Sleep now, Mali, carried in that warm and steady glow

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