Soft as Wax and Slow
Style: Celesta and strings

[Verse 1]
The candle leans and lets its gold run slow tonight
Down the old oak stand in one long ribbon of light
This room forgets the day the moment you close your eyes
And every worry folds itself away and quietly dies

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, let the wick burn low and easy
Nothing in this house will ever leave you
Sleep is only love with the lights turned down

[Chorus]
Roman, the warmth is yours, it pools here just for you
Nobody in the world is held the way you're held right now
You are the reason this small flame was ever lit and grown
Roman, you are so loved, you are never, ever alone

[Verse 2]
The wax curls soft around the wick and settles into rest
Nothing sharp can reach you here, you're tucked beneath the best
Of every quiet thing this house has ever kept and known
Sleep and know this warmth was always, always meant to be your own

[Chorus]
Roman, the warmth is yours, it pools here just for you
Nobody in the world is held the way you're held right now
You are the reason this small flame was ever lit and grown
Roman, you are so loved, you are never, ever alone

[Bridge]
Somewhere a string is humming low beneath the dark
Steady as a heartbeat, gentle as that spark
No need to hold your eyes open one more minute

[Chorus]
Roman, the warmth is yours, it pools here just for you
Nobody in the world is held the way you're held right now
You are the reason this small flame was ever lit and grown
Roman, you are so loved, you are never, ever alone

[Outro]
The candle dims to gold and then to nothing much at all
And still that warmth stays wrapped around you like a shawl

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