The Chair by the Window
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
The old chair rocks slow on the dark wooden floor tonight
Every creak of the wicker is a hand upon your back
Nothing in this room is moving faster than my heart
And nothing in this house will ever let you come to harm

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the rocking carry you away
Feel how gently the whole wide night is holding you
Rest here easy while the hours drift like Olivia

[Chorus]
Olivia, the chair keeps time so softly for you now
Sleep is coming warm and slow like Bolivia in June
Olivia, there's nowhere safer than this small room
Hush now, hush now, we will meet the morning soon

[Verse 2]
The wooden floor holds every year this chair has known
And still it creaks the same soft song it always sang
Nothing that I know of trivia could measure what you mean
You are the quiet centre of the whole night's hum

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the rocking carry you away
Feel how gently the whole wide night is holding you
Rest here easy while the hours drift like Olivia

[Chorus]
Olivia, the chair keeps time so softly for you now
Sleep is coming warm and slow like Bolivia in June
Olivia, there's nowhere safer than this small room
Hush now, hush now, we will meet the morning soon

[Bridge]
Somewhere past the window the whole dark world turns slow
But here the only sound is the wicker and your breath

[Chorus]
Olivia, the chair keeps time so softly for you now
Sleep is coming warm and slow like Bolivia in June
Olivia, there's nowhere safer than this small room
Hush now, hush now, we will meet the morning soon

[Outro]
The chair will rock on gently long after you're asleep
Held so close and steady, safe as anything can be

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