The Key by the Door
Style: Music box

[Verse 1]
There's a key on a hook by the telephone, quiet and still tonight
Nobody needs to use it now, everything's locked up tight
The house breathes slow around you, soft in the lamplight glow
And you are the safest thing that this house will ever know

[Pre-chorus]
Every door is closed now, every little sound has settled down
Nothing can reach you here, wrapped up warm beneath the crown
Of a ceiling full of shadows turning gentle, turning slow

[Chorus]
Rayan, Rayan, the whole house is holding you tonight
Nothing stirs beyond your window but the soft and fading light
Sleep is calling gently now, and you don't need to fight
Rayan, hush now Rayan, you were always held just right

[Verse 2]
That small key never wanders, it just waits there on its hook
Steady as the bedtime story kept inside your favourite book
You don't need to worry over locks or latches, dark or deep
Because you're loved enough to simply close your eyes and sleep

[Chorus]
Rayan, Rayan, the whole house is holding you tonight
Nothing stirs beyond your window but the soft and fading light
Sleep is calling gently now, and you don't need to fight
Rayan, hush now Rayan, you were always held just right

[Bridge]
Somewhere a clock ticks soft and low, keeping time with your breath
Nothing in this quiet house could ever wish you harm or hurt
You are the warmest kind of certain, safer than a locked front door

[Chorus]
Rayan, Rayan, the whole house is holding you tonight
Nothing stirs beyond your window but the soft and fading light
Sleep is calling gently now, and you don't need to fight
Rayan, hush now Rayan, you were always held just right

[Outro]
The key stays on its hook till morning, patient by the door
Sleep now, you are kept and wanted, always, ever more

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