The Clock Keeps Watch
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
A small red glow is resting on the floor beside your bed
Nothing in this room would ever want to touch your head
Close your eyes now, let the quiet come and settle in
Sleep is only softness, love, and nothing to be scared of instead

[Pre-chorus]
Every little shadow here is gentle, none of them will stay
Your breathing's getting slower and the night is clearing space
So let the day go quiet now and drift another way

[Chorus]
Rowan, the whole wide house is holding still for you tonight
Nothing needs your eyes open, nothing needs the light
There's a warmth that stays around you even when it's snowing
Rest here, Rowan, you don't have to keep on going

[Verse 2]
Tiles hold a little colour from a clock that never sleeps
Watching over corners while the whole house softly breathes
Nobody is asking you to notice it at all
Let your thoughts go quiet as the evening falls

[Chorus]
Rowan, the whole wide house is holding still for you tonight
Nothing needs your eyes open, nothing needs the light
There's a warmth that stays around you even when it's snowing
Rest here, Rowan, you don't have to keep on going

[Bridge]
No need to count the hours or to wonder where they went
Somebody's right beside you and the night was always meant
To carry you as gently as a river carries stones

[Chorus]
Rowan, the whole wide house is holding still for you tonight
Nothing needs your eyes open, nothing needs the light
There's a warmth that stays around you even when it's snowing
Rest here, Rowan, you don't have to keep on going

[Outro]
That small red light will keep its quiet watch till morning comes
Sleep now, you are held by more than one small warming glow

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