Warm Water, Slow Light
Style: Music box

[Verse 1]
Steam curls up from the water so slowly and softly tonight
Little fingers, so calm now, forgetting to hold on so tightly
Warmth is rising like breath from the old porcelain tap
You are safe in this quiet, held here in the low golden light

[Chorus]
Riley, the night is folding down soft all around you
Nothing can touch you, nothing will ever surround you
Sleep now, my dear one, drifting so deep and so slow
Riley, this warmth was always meant to astound you

[Verse 2]
Watch how the steam goes wandering up toward the ceiling light
Everything settles, everything hushes when the water runs warm and bright
Rest now those small hands that held on so tightly all day
You are the softest thing I have ever known in this life

[Pre-chorus]
Eyes growing heavy, the whole house breathing low and slow
Every small sound outside has gone quiet, has let itself go
Come closer now, love, while the water still glows

[Chorus]
Riley, the night is folding down soft all around you
Nothing can touch you, nothing will ever surround you
Sleep now, my dear one, drifting so deep and so slow
Riley, this warmth was always meant to astound you

[Bridge]
Let the whole world go quiet and small
Nothing but warmth and the dim hallway light
You are held, you are certain, you are wanted by all

[Chorus]
Riley, the night is folding down soft all around you
Nothing can touch you, nothing will ever surround you
Sleep now, my dear one, drifting so deep and so slow
Riley, this warmth was always meant to astound you

[Outro]
Steam settles soft now, the water gone still and gone grey
Sleep well, my Riley, till the morning finds its way

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