Fading Rails
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
Somewhere a train is rolling slow through valley fog and pine
Its wheels are clicking softer now, a hush along the line
I hold you closer as that sound goes drifting out of view
There's nothing in this whole wide world as safe and warm as you

[Chorus]
Victoria, the night is yours to keep
Sleep now, sleep now, let the dark be kind
Victoria, I'll watch you as you sleep
No trouble in this world will find your mind

[Verse 2]
The distant engine hums a tune too far to understand
But you don't need the words to know you're held by gentle hands
I feel your breathing slowing as the whistle fades to grey
There's nowhere I would rather be than watching you this way

[Pre-chorus]
The valley keeps its secrets and the fog rolls soft and low
Every little sound out there is settling down to nothing
And still I stay right here with you before the quiet grows

[Chorus]
Victoria, the night is yours to keep
Sleep now, sleep now, let the dark be kind
Victoria, I'll watch you as you sleep
No trouble in this world will find your mind

[Bridge]
Far off wheels are turning slower into silence, into rest
You are turning with them, sinking deeper into what is best
Nothing out there in the dark can ever reach where you belong

[Chorus]
Victoria, the night is yours to keep
Sleep now, sleep now, let the dark be kind
Victoria, I'll watch you as you sleep
No trouble in this world will find your mind

[Outro]
The last of that old engine sighs and settles into fog
And you are safe and still and mine, sleeping sound and warm

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