Lights on the Velvet
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
Lamps slide across the window, soft and slow and gold
Warming up the velvet where you're wrapped against the cold
You watch them pass like lanterns floating out to sea
There's nowhere in this whole wide night you'd rather be

[Chorus]
Stanley, the night is holding you so near
Every little light says there's nothing here to fear
Stanley, close your eyes and let the dark be kind
Rest here in the quiet, leave the day behind

[Verse 2]
Shadows dip and settle on the old red seat
Nothing in this stillness moves except your heartbeat
You're wrapped up warmer than the softest word I know
Sleep is just another place I'll watch you go

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, little wanderer, the lamps are turning low
Feel how gently everything has learned to move so slow
Let the night come closer, it's got somewhere to go

[Chorus]
Stanley, the night is holding you so near
Every little light says there's nothing here to fear
Stanley, close your eyes and let the dark be kind
Rest here in the quiet, leave the day behind

[Bridge]
Every light that passes leaves a little trace of gold
Somewhere safe inside you where the warmth will always hold

[Chorus]
Stanley, the night is holding you so near
Every little light says there's nothing here to fear
Stanley, close your eyes and let the dark be kind
Rest here in the quiet, leave the day behind

[Outro]
The lamps still drift like lanterns, quiet, gold and slow
Sleep now, little Stanley, that's all you need to know

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