The Boat Is Turned to Shelter You
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Down where the tide has settled soft and low tonight
an old boat rests, turned over, holding in the light
its oar leans quiet on the wet and gentle floor
and you are safer than you ever were before

[Pre-chorus]
Nothing can reach you underneath this wooden roof
the dark outside can never test that truth
so let your breathing slow to something warm and near

[Chorus]
Vera, Vera, hush now, close your eyes
the whole wide sky has folded into quiet skies
nothing in this world could ever love you clearer
nothing in this world could hold you dearer, Vera

[Verse 2]
The oar don't move, it only rests against the wood
waiting out the night the way a good thing should
and just like that, you don't need to do a thing
just breathe it slow and let the small waves sing

[Pre-chorus]
Nothing can reach you underneath this wooden roof
the dark outside can never test that truth
so let your breathing slow to something warm and near

[Chorus]
Vera, Vera, hush now, close your eyes
the whole wide sky has folded into quiet skies
nothing in this world could ever love you clearer
nothing in this world could hold you dearer, Vera

[Bridge]
Sleep can be a small boat turned against the weather
holding you and holding all this warmth together

[Chorus]
Vera, Vera, hush now, close your eyes
the whole wide sky has folded into quiet skies
nothing in this world could ever love you clearer
nothing in this world could hold you dearer, Vera

[Outro]
Somewhere the oar leans easy on the old worn floor
and you sleep on, held safe, and loved, and loved some more

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