Slow Light on the Wall
Style: Accordion cradle

[Verse 1]
There's a far yellow light that sweeps the wall every twelve slow seconds
It comes and it goes like a breath that the whole night takes
Nothing out there can ever reach this room where you're resting
You are held here so gently, long after the light forsakes

[Pre-chorus]
Close your small hands around the hush that's gathering near you
Let the dark be a blanket and not a thing to fear
Sleep is only the quiet way that I stay to hold you

[Chorus]
Scarlett, the night is only a room where you are precious
Every slow flash of light is a promise coming round
Nothing will touch you, Scarlett, while I am watching over you
You are the softest thing that this whole dark night has found

[Verse 2]
The wall goes gold and then it goes back to whitewashed quiet
You breathe in time with the sweep, though you don't know it yet
Somewhere a light is turning, far off and never worried
And you are turning softer into the sleep you'll get

[Bridge]
Let the far light keep its rhythm, we don't need to follow
I will keep mine here beside you, slower than the tide

[Chorus]
Scarlett, the night is only a room where you are precious
Every slow flash of light is a promise coming round
Nothing will touch you, Scarlett, while I am watching over you
You are the softest thing that this whole dark night has found

[Outro]
The light will keep on sweeping the wall long after you're sleeping
And I'll be here still, watching it turn, keeping you safe

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