Branches on the Ceiling
Style: Clarinet nightlight

[Verse 1]
Look how the branches wander slowly over the plaster white
painting their soft and sleepy pictures for you in silver light
every shadow moving there is only saying hush now, stay
nothing will wake you, nothing hurries, morning is far away

[Pre-chorus]
The window breathes a quiet story only the moon can tell
holding you safer than a blanket, softer than any bell
and all the world grows small and gentle, waiting for you to fall

[Chorus]
Sean, the night has folded gently down around your bed
every worry of the daylight has already fled
Sean, I am here beside you till the dark turns into dawn
you are held and you are treasured, little heart, sleep on

[Verse 2]
The wind outside is only rocking branches like a lullaby
teaching them to dance so softly they forget to say goodbye
nothing sharp or loud can find you, nothing cold can reach this room
you are wrapped in something steady, warm against the blue and gloom

[Bridge]
Sleep is just a boat that carries you where nothing needs to hurry
carries you where no one calls you, where there's never cause to worry

[Chorus]
Sean, the night has folded gently down around your bed
every worry of the daylight has already fled
Sean, I am here beside you till the dark turns into dawn
you are held and you are treasured, little heart, sleep on

[Outro]
The branches still are drifting slowly over the quiet ceiling
and you are safe beneath them, dreaming, past all fear and feeling

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