Grey Water, Soft Light
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Rain runs slow along the window while the room stays warm and still
Somewhere near a glass is cooling, but you're wrapped from any chill
Nothing out there needs an answer, nothing tonight will test your will
Close your eyes now, little Paula, let the dark be soft, not shrill

[Chorus]
Paula, Paula, hush now, settle deep
There is nowhere safer for you than this quiet, gentle sleep
Every worry of the daylight has already gone to keep
Paula, Paula, drift now, sleep so sweet

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a radiator hums low beneath the falling grey outside
You don't need to know the weather, you have someone by your side
Wood and glass and rain together make a hush that cannot hide
All the love that's here around you, steady as the turning tide

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how the whole house softens, listen how it dims its light
Even shadows lean in closer, gentle now and losing height
Nothing left to do but hold you closer as we say goodnight

[Chorus]
Paula, Paula, hush now, settle deep
There is nowhere safer for you than this quiet, gentle sleep
Every worry of the daylight has already gone to keep
Paula, Paula, drift now, sleep so sweet

[Bridge]
Let the glass stay cooling quietly, let the water find its way
You are held through every darkness till the coming of the day

[Chorus]
Paula, Paula, hush now, settle deep
There is nowhere safer for you than this quiet, gentle sleep
Every worry of the daylight has already gone to keep
Paula, Paula, drift now, sleep so sweet

[Outro]
Rain still runs along the window, softer now than when it came
Sleep, my Paula, sleep so gently, safe and warm and known by name

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