The Moth at the Window
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
A small moth is tapping so softly against the warm light
Nothing in this room means you any harm tonight
Your blankets are heavy and holding the whole of you close
Sleep, and let the dark feel gentle and right

[Pre-chorus]
The lamp is turning low now, the clicking wings grow slow
Every corner of this room is yours to know
So let your breathing follow the hush before you go

[Chorus]
Mariana, the night is only ever kind to you
Nothing here will wake before the morning comes through
Rest inside the quiet like a hand upon a piano
Mariana, I am holding onto you

[Verse 2]
The moth has settled somewhere on the edge of the shade
Still as anything, unwilling to fade
Your small hands are open, letting go of the day
This is the safest kind of dark ever made

[Bridge]
Somewhere outside a window closes soft on its latch
The whole wide dark has nowhere better to be
Nothing tonight will come to trouble this hush

[Chorus]
Mariana, the night is only ever kind to you
Nothing here will wake before the morning comes through
Rest inside the quiet like a hand upon a piano
Mariana, I am holding onto you

[Outro]
The moth has folded its wings and gone to rest by the light
Sleep now, Mariana, held safe inside the night

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