Yellow Light on the Floor
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
The lamp leans low and spills its yellow onto the old worn floor
and every soft and settling shadow gathers near your bed
I watch the small light rest upon the boards beside your door
and think of all the quiet words that never must be said

[Pre-chorus]
The house breathes slow around you, settling into night
nothing here will stir until the morning finds its way
so let the hush come closer while I hold you near the light

[Chorus]
Skylar, the dark is only velvet folded soft and low
Skylar, you are held by more than you will ever know
rest beneath the lamp's warm circle, steady, gold and slow
there is nowhere safer than the corner where you go

[Verse 2]
The metal shade above you bends the light to touch your hair
and every little breath you take is answered by my own
I keep the watch so nothing but the calm can find you there
tonight the whole wide house belongs to you and you alone

[Chorus]
Skylar, the dark is only velvet folded soft and low
Skylar, you are held by more than you will ever know
rest beneath the lamp's warm circle, steady, gold and slow
there is nowhere safer than the corner where you go

[Bridge]
Let the floorboards keep their creaking far away from you
let the night stay wide and gentle, asking nothing new

[Chorus]
Skylar, the dark is only velvet folded soft and low
Skylar, you are held by more than you will ever know
rest beneath the lamp's warm circle, steady, gold and slow
there is nowhere safer than the corner where you go

[Outro]
The yellow light will keep its watch upon the old worn floor
sleep now, love, there's nothing waiting past this quiet door

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