Nellie, Rest Your Head
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
The kitchen has gone quiet now, the spoon set down to rest
A small clean sound of nothing left inside the jar tonight
Everything that moved today has settled soft and slow
And you are held here safely in the fading light

[Pre-chorus]
Your breathing finds the rhythm of the house at ease
The clock has stopped its hurrying, the dark leans warm and near
Close your eyes, my darling, let the quiet carry you

[Chorus]
Nellie, the whole world softens down to just this room
You are the calm the evening's been keeping safe for you
Nellie, there is nothing here that needs to wait till morning
Sleep now, and know this love was always steady, always true

[Verse 2]
The jar upon the draining board is glinting faint and still
It held its little clatter and it let the whole day go
You are held the same way, gentle, sure and unafraid
Wrapped in something quiet only you could ever know

[Pre-chorus]
Your breathing finds the rhythm of the house at ease
The clock has stopped its hurrying, the dark leans warm and near
Close your eyes, my darling, let the quiet carry you

[Chorus]
Nellie, the whole world softens down to just this room
You are the calm the evening's been keeping safe for you
Nellie, there is nothing here that needs to wait till morning
Sleep now, and know this love was always steady, always true

[Bridge]
No sound but your small breath and the settling of the house
Nothing in the dark tonight was ever meant to trouble you

[Chorus]
Nellie, the whole world softens down to just this room
You are the calm the evening's been keeping safe for you
Nellie, there is nothing here that needs to wait till morning
Sleep now, and know this love was always steady, always true

[Outro]
Somewhere the spoon rests quiet in its jar until the light
So rest now, little Nellie, safe and held and warm all night

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