Grey Wings at the Glass
Style: Folk cradle song

[Verse 1]
Something soft is moving in the ivy by the pane
grey feathers folding quiet in the hush of falling rain
they never make a sound as they settle in for night
so let your eyes grow heavy, let them drift and lose the light

[Pre-chorus]
The glass is cool and steady, the whole room warm and still
every small thing settling now, however it feels or will
and you are held so closely, right here upon this sill

[Chorus]
Violet, the dark outside is gentle, never wild
hush now in the quiet, you are treasured, you are mine
every feather folding softly loves you all the same
Violet, my Violet, there is nothing here but calm

[Verse 2]
Somewhere past the window something older than the night
keeps its watch among the leaves and asks for nothing bright
it only wants to rest there, wings against the stone
just like you are resting now, so warm, so far from alone

[Bridge]
Let the ivy hold its shadows, let the glass hold back the cold
you are wrapped in something steadier than anything untold

[Chorus]
Violet, the dark outside is gentle, never wild
hush now in the quiet, you are treasured, you are mine
every feather folding softly loves you all the same
Violet, my Violet, there is nothing here but calm

[Outro]
The feathers settle deeper now, and so, my love, do you
sleep on, the whole night through, beneath a calm and steady view

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