Little Light on the Railing
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
A yellow beam is sweeping over old and peeling paint
the railing wears its rust like it has waited up for you
I'll watch it slide so slowly till the whole street turns to quiet
and nothing out there moves now except this gentle light and you

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes and let the sweeping light become a lullaby
there's nothing sharp or hurried in the way this night goes by
so let the hush come nearer, love, and settle where you lie

[Chorus]
Talia, the night is only warmth wrapped soft around your bed
no shadow here would dare to touch the calm inside your head
Talia, you are held by every quiet thing unsaid
sleep now, little dahlia, let the dark be kind instead

[Verse 2]
The paint has flaked in patches where the years have leaned against it
but still that beam comes sliding down as steady as a hand
I think of how you breathe so slow, so certain, so unhurried
and how the whole wide dark tonight has softened where you stand

[Chorus]
Talia, the night is only warmth wrapped soft around your bed
no shadow here would dare to touch the calm inside your head
Talia, you are held by every quiet thing unsaid
sleep now, little dahlia, let the dark be kind instead

[Bridge]
Rest inside the rocking hush, the slowest kind of tide
there is nowhere safer built than right here at your side

[Chorus]
Talia, the night is only warmth wrapped soft around your bed
no shadow here would dare to touch the calm inside your head
Talia, you are held by every quiet thing unsaid
sleep now, little dahlia, let the dark be kind instead

[Outro]
The beam will keep on sweeping soft across the old iron rail
and I'll stay here beside you, love, until the morning's pale

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