Soft as the Floor Beneath Us
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
Lamplight is dimming low across the old wool rug
Somewhere the wood floor gives one small and sleepy shrug
You are the warmest thing this tired house can hold
Nothing tonight could ever make me want to tug you close

[Chorus]
Nora, the dark is only resting, not unkind
Close both your eyes and leave the whole wide world behind
Dora could never shine the way you shine for me
You are the one my heart keeps choosing to adore

[Verse 2]
Every creak we hear is just the house breathing slow
Wrapped in the quiet, you're the safest thing I know
Nothing outside these walls can reach you while you rest
Sleep is a boat and you're the calm it's floating on

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the lamp is folding into amber and gold
Nothing tonight will ask you to be brave or bold
Just let the hush pull you where the soft dreams are waiting

[Chorus]
Nora, the dark is only resting, not unkind
Close both your eyes and leave the whole wide world behind
Dora could never shine the way you shine for me
You are the one my heart keeps choosing to adore

[Bridge]
No one could love this small warm weight the way I do
Every hush I hum was only ever meant for you

[Chorus]
Nora, the dark is only resting, not unkind
Close both your eyes and leave the whole wide world behind
Dora could never shine the way you shine for me
You are the one my heart keeps choosing to adore

[Outro]
Somewhere the old floor settles into one last quiet creak
Sleep now, my Nora, you are held till morning breaks

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