Bide Beside Me
Style: Kalimba night

[Verse 1]
Moonlight slips in soft between the lace and the wall
Curtains lift and settle like a breath let go slow
Your small hands are curled where the quiet starts to fall
Close your eyes now, darling, let the hush be all you know

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere past the window the whole world turns to hush
Nothing out there needs you, not tonight, not just yet
So let the last light fade and let the day just

[Chorus]
Sydney, Sydney, tidy up your worries and lie down
Nothing in this room will ever wander far from you
Let the moon keep watch and let the lace turn round
I will stay right here and quietly bide beside you too

[Verse 2]
The frame beneath you creaks the way old wood always will
Rocking you so gentle like it learned to love you too
Shadows on the ceiling never mean a bit of ill
They only came to watch the moonlight fall on you

[Pre-chorus]
Somewhere past the window the whole world turns to hush
Nothing out there needs you, not tonight, not just yet
So let the last light fade and let the day just

[Chorus]
Sydney, Sydney, tidy up your worries and lie down
Nothing in this room will ever wander far from you
Let the moon keep watch and let the lace turn round
I will stay right here and quietly bide beside you too

[Bridge]
Sleep is only love that learned to hum instead of speak
Every breath you take is safe and known and warm and slow

[Chorus]
Sydney, Sydney, tidy up your worries and lie down
Nothing in this room will ever wander far from you
Let the moon keep watch and let the lace turn round
I will stay right here and quietly bide beside you too

[Outro]
Lace will keep on moving long after you have gone to sleep
And I'll be right here watching, keeping all your quiet safe to keep

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