The Steady Beam
Style: Ambient wash

[Verse 1]
A steady beam is sweeping soft across the white plaster wall
turning slow inside the tower where the quiet shadows fall
nothing here can reach you now, nothing needs to stir
and you are held so gently as the evening starts to crawl

[Pre-chorus]
The light goes round and finds you, soft as breath upon your hair
hushing every worry, smoothing every little care
so let your eyes grow heavy while the dark wraps everywhere

[Chorus]
Skylar, the light will keep you company tonight
turning slow and low and golden till the morning light
you are the calmest harbour that the dark has ever known
and Skylar, you are safe here, you are held and you are right

[Verse 2]
Somewhere far the wind is turning, but it cannot climb these stones
here the warmth is close around you, soft as feathers, soft as bone
you don't have to watch the shadows, they are only passing home
and nothing in this whole wide night will ever leave you alone

[Bridge]
Rest your small and steady heartbeat next to mine as we lie still
let the beam keep turning gently, that is all it means to do

[Chorus]
Skylar, the light will keep you company tonight
turning slow and low and golden till the morning light
you are the calmest harbour that the dark has ever known
and Skylar, you are safe here, you are held and you are right

[Outro]
The beam still turns across the wall, so soft it barely gleams
and you are drifting warm and safe into the gentlest of dreams

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