Soft the Clock Goes
Style: Glockenspiel

[Verse 1]
Somewhere a clock is ticking slow behind the quiet wall
cooling floors beneath us settle soft without a sound
you are the warmest thing in this whole sleepy hall
safe in my arms is where you will always be found

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the house is breathing gentle all around you
nothing tonight can find you here or reach you
let every small sound fade until sleep comes to hold you

[Chorus]
Wren, my darling, close those tired little eyes
under this roof no harm can ever come again
the whole wide dark is soft tonight, no cries
rest easy now, sweet Wren, until the morning then

[Verse 2]
Down by the baseboard something cool is settling to rest
just like your breathing, slower now with every passing minute
I hold this moment closer than I hold anything else
you are the quiet centre of this whole small, hushed room in it

[Pre-chorus]
Hush now, the house is breathing gentle all around you
nothing tonight can find you here or reach you
let every small sound fade until sleep comes to hold you

[Chorus]
Wren, my darling, close those tired little eyes
under this roof no harm can ever come again
the whole wide dark is soft tonight, no cries
rest easy now, sweet Wren, until the morning then

[Bridge]
No clock can measure how much you are loved tonight
stay small a while longer in this gentle, dim light

[Chorus]
Wren, my darling, close those tired little eyes
under this roof no harm can ever come again
the whole wide dark is soft tonight, no cries
rest easy now, sweet Wren, until the morning then

[Outro]
Somewhere that clock keeps ticking soft behind the quiet wall
sleep now, little one, you are the safest of us all

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