Soft Steps in Wool Socks
Style: Humming choir

[Verse 1]
Wool socks are pressing soft circles into the old wooden floor
Every quiet step is carrying you closer to sleep
The house holds its breath while the night settles round the door
And you are the reason this hour feels so deep

[Pre-chorus]
The creak in the floorboards keeps time with my slow, steady walk
Nothing tonight is asking you to answer or talk
Just rest in the hush while the dark wraps around us like chalk

[Chorus]
Osian, the whole house is humming you gently to rest
Nothing out there can follow you into this warm, quiet notion
Sleep is a tide and you're riding it calm on my chest
Osian, my love moves toward you with such steady devotion

[Verse 2]
The lamp throws a gold little glow on the wall by your bed
Shadows are soft and they mean you no harm as they pass
You are the calm at the centre of all that I've said
And the whole waking world can wait quietly outside the glass

[Bridge]
Let your small breaths grow slower, let your fingers unclench
Nothing tonight needs you brave, nothing needs you to reach
There's no hour that could ever pull you far past my bench
Only sleep, only warmth, only this gentle speech

[Chorus]
Osian, the whole house is humming you gently to rest
Nothing out there can follow you into this warm, quiet notion
Sleep is a tide and you're riding it calm on my chest
Osian, my love moves toward you with such steady devotion

[Outro]
The floor has gone still now, the socks have stopped their soft sound
Sleep well, little one, safe and warm and so deeply found

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