The Oar Lies Still
Style: Fingerpicked night

[Verse 1]
The oar lies still across the wooden slats tonight
and nothing on the water asks for any more of you
black water laps the hull so soft and low
you drift the way that boats drift, safe and slight

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the current has no hurry in it
every ripple only rocks you deeper into rest
so let your small held breath go, gentle and slow

[Chorus]
Samuel, the water knows the shape of you by heart
Samuel, it holds you closer than the dark
you are the reason this whole night keeps quiet watch
sleep now, Samuel, safe and calm and set apart

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a rope goes slack and settles round its post
you loosen too, your fingers soft against the warm
no wind tonight to trouble what is tied down tight
you are the cargo that this whole boat treasures most

[Bridge]
Let every worry sink below the black and quiet water
you were never meant to carry it, only to be carried

[Chorus]
Samuel, the water knows the shape of you by heart
Samuel, it holds you closer than the dark
you are the reason this whole night keeps quiet watch
sleep now, Samuel, safe and calm and set apart

[Outro]
The oar rests easy now, its work already done
you rest the same way, held, and wanted, and warm

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