Embers Low
Style: Celesta and strings

[Verse 1]
Watch how the fire folds itself down soft and slow tonight
Grey ash is settling gently over one small coal of red
Nothing in this room is asking you to keep your eyes open
So let your breathing follow the warmth down into bed

[Pre-chorus]
Close your hands now, there is nothing you need to hold
Let the hush come nearer, let it settle in your chest
Sleep is only warmth that hasn't told you yet

[Chorus]
Marley, the dark is only a blanket pulled up tight
There's an ember still glowing long after the flames have gone
You are held the way that quiet holds the last of the light
Sleep now, Marley, sleep on, sleep on

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a door has settled shut against the cold outside
Your small breath keeps its own time, steady as anything can be
I'll stay here while the last log turns to softly breathing ash
You don't have to hold on to a single thing but me

[Pre-chorus]
Close your hands now, there is nothing you need to hold
Let the hush come nearer, let it settle in your chest
Sleep is only warmth that hasn't told you yet

[Chorus]
Marley, the dark is only a blanket pulled up tight
There's an ember still glowing long after the flames have gone
You are held the way that quiet holds the last of the light
Sleep now, Marley, sleep on, sleep on

[Bridge]
Even the smallest coal remembers how to keep on burning low
Even in sleep you are never far from anyone who loves you so

[Chorus]
Marley, the dark is only a blanket pulled up tight
There's an ember still glowing long after the flames have gone
You are held the way that quiet holds the last of the light
Sleep now, Marley, sleep on, sleep on

[Outro]
Somewhere the ash keeps its quiet watch over one warm ember still
Sleep on, Marley, sleep on, you are held and always will

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