Small Flame, Slow Down
Style: Humming choir

[Verse 1]
A small white flame is bowing down its head tonight
Melting slow into the brass, so calm, so quiet and light
You breathe beside me soft as smoke that curls and clears
Everything about this room has settled into you and me

[Chorus]
Rick, the wax is sinking low and easy on the shelf
Rick, your eyes are heavy now, so let them close themselves
Nothing in this house tonight is asking you for more
Rest here, Rick, there's nowhere else that you should be at all

[Verse 2]
Watch the little pool of light go soft around its edges
Warm and slow, it pours itself in gold along the ledges
You are held the very same way by this quiet room
Nothing hurries here, my love, nothing needs to move

[Pre-chorus]
Hear how quiet the whole wide house has grown around your head
Feel how heavy sleep is pulling gently at your little hands
Close your eyes now, let the dark come soft as bread

[Chorus]
Rick, the wax is sinking low and easy on the shelf
Rick, your eyes are heavy now, so let them close themselves
Nothing in this house tonight is asking you for more
Rest here, Rick, there's nowhere else that you should be at all

[Bridge]
Down and down the small flame goes, so patient and so slow
You are safe as any light that ever learned to glow
Nothing that you carry now is heavy, none at all

[Chorus]
Rick, the wax is sinking low and easy on the shelf
Rick, your eyes are heavy now, so let them close themselves
Nothing in this house tonight is asking you for more
Rest here, Rick, there's nowhere else that you should be at all

[Outro]
Somewhere on the mantel now a small light settles still
Sleep the same way, love, and know that you always will

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