A Stripe of Silver
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
A stripe of silver stretches quiet across the floor tonight
drawn from the window to the door where soft shadows lie
nothing in this room will stir or wake or make a sound
only you, breathing slow and safe, so gently held and found

[Chorus]
Monica, rest your small head down and let the hours go
close your eyes upon a night that only wants you so
sleep is a harmonica hum, low and warm and near
Monica, you are so loved here, so loved here

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past that thread of light your dreaming has begun
little breaths like waves that roll in slower than the sun
nothing needs to hurry now, no reason to be far
you are the warmest thing in reach of any waiting star

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let the quiet fold around you soft and slow
feel how the dark holds nothing sharp, nothing you need know
only a hand nearby and a heart that will not go

[Chorus]
Monica, rest your small head down and let the hours go
close your eyes upon a night that only wants you so
sleep is a harmonica hum, low and warm and near
Monica, you are so loved here, so loved here

[Bridge]
Even the floorboards seem to hush beneath that thread of light
holding still so nothing wakes you from the dark to bright
you are kept, you are kept, however long the night

[Chorus]
Monica, rest your small head down and let the hours go
close your eyes upon a night that only wants you so
sleep is a harmonica hum, low and warm and near
Monica, you are so loved here, so loved here

[Outro]
That stripe of silver will still be there when morning comes to call
and you were loved through every hour of the dark, through it all

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