Sliver of Light
Style: Music box

[Verse 1]
A thin gold sliver slips beneath the door into the dark
and finds you curled up warm inside your blankets, soft and small
the hallway waits out there beyond the shadow's quiet mark
but nothing needs to reach you now, not anything at all

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere past the hush a floor creaks low and far away
but here the dark is only dark, and asks for nothing more
it holds its breath to let you drift, to let you stay

[Chorus]
Sleep now, River, let the quiet carry you along
you are safe here, River, wrapped in something soft and slow
every little shiver settles into this small song
and nothing in the whole wide house will let the morning go

[Verse 2]
The light beneath the door won't move, it simply stays and glows
like someone left it burning just to watch you as you rest
you don't need to know who, only that somebody knows
that you are worth the keeping of, the safest and the best

[Pre-chorus]
The house breathes slow around you now, its walls have settled too
the night has nowhere else to be, no reason left to roam
it only wants to sit right here and watch the dark with you

[Chorus]
Sleep now, River, let the quiet carry you along
you are safe here, River, wrapped in something soft and slow
every little shiver settles into this small song
and nothing in the whole wide house will let the morning go

[Bridge]
Whatever door you find tomorrow, someone left the light on first
so rest inside the knowing that you're never in the dark alone

[Chorus]
Sleep now, River, let the quiet carry you along
you are safe here, River, wrapped in something soft and slow
every little shiver settles into this small song
and nothing in the whole wide house will let the morning go

[Outro]
That sliver at the door will still be glowing when you wake
and you'll be just as loved as when it watched you fall asleep

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