The Slow Light on the Wall
Style: Cello cradle

[Verse 1]
A far off light goes sweeping soft across the quiet wall
it climbs so slow above your head and settles as it fell
you watch it drift the way that quiet rivers rise and fall
I sit beside you close and warm, so nothing here can tell

[Pre-chorus]
The room is dim, the hour is late, your breathing settles down
hush now, little one, the whole wide dark is turning round
let every worry loosen here before your eyes have closed

[Chorus]
Wilfred, the light will pass and leave no trace of red
rest your small and steady heart, my love, and lay your head
Wilfred, you are held here safe while every star has spread
sleep now in the quiet dark, you're warm, you're fed, you're bed

[Verse 2]
That beam will curve around the edge and lose itself in grey
while you stay curled beneath the blanket, drifting far away
I feel your breathing slowing down to something soft and true
and every hush I give tonight, I give it all to you

[Pre-chorus]
The room is dim, the hour is late, your breathing settles down
hush now, little one, the whole wide dark is turning round
let every worry loosen here before your eyes have closed

[Chorus]
Wilfred, the light will pass and leave no trace of red
rest your small and steady heart, my love, and lay your head
Wilfred, you are held here safe while every star has spread
sleep now in the quiet dark, you're warm, you're fed, you're bed

[Bridge]
No need to chase the light or wonder where it's gone
you're not alone here in the dark, I'm staying till the dawn

[Chorus]
Wilfred, the light will pass and leave no trace of red
rest your small and steady heart, my love, and lay your head
Wilfred, you are held here safe while every star has spread
sleep now in the quiet dark, you're warm, you're fed, you're bed

[Outro]
The light has gone now, soft and slow, from off the quiet wall
and you are held here, safe and warm, however small

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