One Small Ember
Style: Rain and piano

[Verse 1]
One small ember glows behind the iron bars tonight
holding on to warmth when everything else turns down low
you are curled up safe beneath the blanket and the light
this whole house breathes slower just to see you settle so

[Chorus]
Scarlett, the fire is banked but it will not go out
you are held here closer than the dark could ever get
little Scarlett, sleep now, there is nothing left to doubt
this quiet room is yours and every corner's calm and set

[Verse 2]
The rain is drawing soft lines down the darkened window pane
and every drop just adds another hush upon the eaves
you don't need to listen for a single thing again
just rest inside the sound of how completely this house breathes

[Pre-chorus]
The last small coal is glowing low and steady in the grate
it doesn't need to blaze to keep this whole room safe and warm
and neither do you, love, as the hour grows late

[Chorus]
Scarlett, the fire is banked but it will not go out
you are held here closer than the dark could ever get
little Scarlett, sleep now, there is nothing left to doubt
this quiet room is yours and every corner's calm and set

[Bridge]
Somewhere past the window the whole wide night is turning slow
and nothing in it matters more than you asleep right here
everything can wait until the morning starts to show

[Chorus]
Scarlett, the fire is banked but it will not go out
you are held here closer than the dark could ever get
little Scarlett, sleep now, there is nothing left to doubt
this quiet room is yours and every corner's calm and set

[Outro]
One small ember still is glowing gently behind the bars
and you are sleeping warm beneath a house full of soft stars

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