Cotton and Quiet
Style: Gentle acoustic

[Verse 1]
White cotton drifts across the window frame so slow
carrying the hush that tells the whole room how to go
You are curled up warm beneath the settling grey
and every worry of the day has drifted far away

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how the curtain breathes in time with you
soft as the hush the darkening sky pulls through
Close your eyes, my Nicholas, let go and drift with this

[Chorus]
Nicholas, the night has come to hold you in its bliss
Sleep now, little Nicholas, and take this gentle kiss
Nobody in the wide dark world could ever love you less
Nicholas, I promise you, this quiet is your rest

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window the whole town has gone to rest
tucked beneath a blanket like a bird within its nest
You are safer than the moon that watches from above
held here in the folding cotton softness of my love

[Bridge]
Hush now, let the fabric sway you gently out of reach
past the hum of daylight, past the need for any speech
Nothing in the shadows here would ever cause you harm

[Chorus]
Nicholas, the night has come to hold you in its bliss
Sleep now, little Nicholas, and take this gentle kiss
Nobody in the wide dark world could ever love you less
Nicholas, I promise you, this quiet is your rest

[Outro]
Sleep now while the cotton drifts so easy at the frame
and I will still be watching over you, whispering your name

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