The Orange Lamp
Style: Ambient wash

[Verse 1]
The stripes above you soften as the daylight turns to grey
and the carpet holds a glow that seems to breathe and sway
somewhere past the ceiling all the noisy hours have gone
you are wrapped in something warmer than the end of any day

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let your shoulders drop and let your eyelids fall
the lamp will keep its little watch beside you on the wall
and the dark can wait outside a while longer

[Chorus]
Nina, the shadows only mean the day is laying down
close your hand around the quiet, let it be your crown
nothing out there matters more than breathing slow and even
Nina, you were always safe here, long before this town

[Verse 2]
The light along the floor is thin but steady where it lies
it does not ask you anything, it only softly stays
somewhere in that colour is a kind of promise kept for you
that even fading things can hold you gently till the light replies

[Bridge]
Whatever moved today can rest now, folded small and still
every worry you were carrying can slide off like a hill

[Chorus]
Nina, the shadows only mean the day is laying down
close your hand around the quiet, let it be your crown
nothing out there matters more than breathing slow and even
Nina, you were always safe here, long before this town

[Outro]
Sleep now while the stripes above you soften into one long grey
the lamp will keep its little watch until the morning finds its way

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