The Sound Behind the Wall
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
Somewhere behind the wall a small brass hand is turning
quietly keeping time so you don't have to try
and I am here beside you while the house is learning
how to hush itself down slow beneath the sky

[Pre-chorus]
The tick is soft and steady like a heartbeat lent to you
and every little sound tonight is only kindness passing through
so let your shoulders drop, there's nothing left to do

[Chorus]
Nora, the whole house holds its breath for you
the walls are thin but the love here runs deep
Nora, I would follow you wherever you go to
just close your eyes now, it's time to sleep

[Verse 2]
The clock behind the plaster doesn't know your name yet
but I do, and I am saying it soft and low
you are the reason every worry gets to be forgotten
you are the warmest thing this quiet room will know

[Chorus]
Nora, the whole house holds its breath for you
the walls are thin but the love here runs deep
Nora, I would follow you wherever you go to
just close your eyes now, it's time to sleep

[Bridge]
Nothing in the dark tonight can find you
not with all this steady ticking near
everything that loves you stays behind you
closer than the wall, and always here

[Chorus]
Nora, the whole house holds its breath for you
the walls are thin but the love here runs deep
Nora, I would follow you wherever you go to
just close your eyes now, it's time to sleep

[Outro]
Somewhere the small brass hand keeps turning slowly
and I will still be here when morning comes for you

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