Soot and Ember
Style: Rocking chair waltz

[Verse 1]
Black soot slides slow down the old red bricks tonight
behind the iron grate the embers glow so soft and bright
hush now, this room holds nothing but the warm and slow
you are the light I gather closer in my sight

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how quiet the whole wide house has grown
the fire is banked and the small lamp glows alone
so let your breathing slow to match the fading coal

[Chorus]
Tiffany, the night has drawn its gentle company round
hold my hand and let the dark be soft, not a sound
you are the warmest ember tucked beneath the flue
nothing here can touch you, nothing here is found

[Verse 2]
Down behind the grate the soot has settled into rest
shadows on the bricks are only shadows, nothing more
you are folded in the blanket like a small caught nest
sleep is just the fire turning low and turning slow

[Pre-chorus]
Listen how quiet the whole wide house has grown
the fire is banked and the small lamp glows alone
so let your breathing slow to match the fading coal

[Chorus]
Tiffany, the night has drawn its gentle company round
hold my hand and let the dark be soft, not a sound
you are the warmest ember tucked beneath the flue
nothing here can touch you, nothing here is found

[Bridge]
Every spark that climbs the chimney learns to fade with ease
so let your small hands loosen, let your worry go and rest
you are held here safer than the warmth held in the bricks

[Chorus]
Tiffany, the night has drawn its gentle company round
hold my hand and let the dark be soft, not a sound
you are the warmest ember tucked beneath the flue
nothing here can touch you, nothing here is found

[Outro]
The soot will keep on sliding while you drift and dream so deep
behind the quiet grate, my love will keep the watch you keep

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