Soft as Falling Ash
Style: Accordion cradle

[Verse 1]
Soot comes tumbling soft and slow down the old stone flue
Settling like a sigh on the ash it's falling to
And the fire is out now, the room has gone still
But you are so warm here, safe beneath the sill

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the night has folded its wings round this house
Every small sound outside has gone quiet as a mouse
And my heart keeps time with the breath that you're taking

[Chorus]
Mason, my Mason, the dark is your basin
Holding you gently, no reason for hasten
You are the warmth that the cold cannot chasten
Sleep now, my Mason, till morning is placin'

[Verse 2]
Somewhere the last of the embers are turning to grey
Quiet as feathers that drift at the end of the day
And nothing can reach you, no shadow, no chill
You are the one thing this whole house loves still

[Chorus]
Mason, my Mason, the dark is your basin
Holding you gently, no reason for hasten
You are the warmth that the cold cannot chasten
Sleep now, my Mason, till morning is placin'

[Bridge]
Let every worry fall soft as the soot falling down
Let it land far away from this warm little town
You are held closer than anything held before

[Chorus]
Mason, my Mason, the dark is your basin
Holding you gently, no reason for hasten
You are the warmth that the cold cannot chasten
Sleep now, my Mason, till morning is placin'

[Outro]
The chimney stands quiet, the ash settled low and slow
And you are the warmth that will still be here glow

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