Slow Light on the Ceiling
Style: Harp lullaby

[Verse 1]
The lamp throws a low warm circle onto the plaster above your head
Watching it drift is enough to carry you gently to bed
You don't need to chase it, you don't need to follow it far
Just rest here beside me, however small things are

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere the light is bending soft across the wall
Somewhere your breathing slows to answer its call
Let it pull you under, easy, warm and low

[Chorus]
Nicola, the shadows move so quiet overhead
Nicola, they're only tucking in your bed
Nothing out there needs you, nothing calls your name
You are held here safely, always just the same

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the curtain the evening folds itself away
Nothing that is waiting needs an answer tonight or today
The bulb hums its low song, steady, golden, slow
And under it you're sinking deeper into calm you know

[Chorus]
Nicola, the shadows move so quiet overhead
Nicola, they're only tucking in your bed
Nothing out there needs you, nothing calls your name
You are held here safely, always just the same

[Bridge]
Every soft shape sliding over plaster white and warm
Is only night moving gently, never any storm
You are wrapped up tighter than the quiet in this room

[Chorus]
Nicola, the shadows move so quiet overhead
Nicola, they're only tucking in your bed
Nothing out there needs you, nothing calls your name
You are held here safely, always just the same

[Outro]
The light still drifts above you, slower now than before
Sleep now, Nicola, there is nothing you need for

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