Yellow Bars
Style: Soft piano

[Verse 1]
Streetlights lay their yellow bars across the strap and the floor
Slow and gold they slide along, so quiet, so unafraid
You are curled up warm and small behind the buckled door
Nothing in this hush can touch you, Margaret, nothing frayed

[Pre-chorus]
Breathe now, let the light keep moving, let your eyes grow tame
Every bar that crosses over carries you the same
Closer now to sleep, to safety, closer to your name

[Chorus]
Margaret, the dark is only resting light
Margaret, I will keep you near and warm
Nothing here will ever give you fright
You are held here safely till the morn

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window, night keeps its slow and even pace
Every bar of gold that passes leaves your small face still
You don't need to watch it, love, you don't need to trace
I will hold the hush around you, gentle as a hill

[Bridge]
Let the strap lie loose, let the day unwind and fold
Sleep is just the light grown soft, the dark grown kind and slow

[Chorus]
Margaret, the dark is only resting light
Margaret, I will keep you near and warm
Nothing here will ever give you fright
You are held here safely till the morn

[Outro]
The bars have gone to amber now, so soft they barely gleam
Sleep now, Margaret, safe and warm, and drift into your dream

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