Amber on the Stairs
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
The light climbs slow along the wall to find you here
Soft as honey pouring down each worn old step
Nothing in this house tonight has cause for any fear
Every shadow here has come to watch you as you slept

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes and let the amber carry you away
Every little sound outside is settling like the tide
Hold this quiet close, my love, and let it lead the way

[Chorus]
Penelope, the whole wide house is holding you tonight
Nothing in the dark can touch the one I treasure so
Sleep is only love that's learned to travel without light
Penelope, I'll stay right here however long you go

[Verse 2]
The old wallpaper hums a tune it learned a long time back
Peeling at the corners like a page that's turned too far
You are held by something warmer than this house can ever lack
Steadier than any lamp or any distant star

[Chorus]
Penelope, the whole wide house is holding you tonight
Nothing in the dark can touch the one I treasure so
Sleep is only love that's learned to travel without light
Penelope, I'll stay right here however long you go

[Bridge]
Long shadows only mean the light has somewhere warm to lean
Rest inside the glow and let the worry drift downstream

[Chorus]
Penelope, the whole wide house is holding you tonight
Nothing in the dark can touch the one I treasure so
Sleep is only love that's learned to travel without light
Penelope, I'll stay right here however long you go

[Outro]
The amber light will keep its watch upon the stair
Sleep now, love, you're held and known and safe down here

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