The Oar Rests Easy
Style: Harp lullaby

[Verse 1]
The oar lies still against the old grey side
resting now, its work done with the tide
You are the reason the whole boat stays so slow
held in the hush of the water below

[Chorus]
Zuri, the night is soft and the dark is kind
nothing can touch you, nothing you need to mind
Sleep finds you gentle as the tide finds the shore
Zuri, you're loved more than the whole world's oars

[Verse 2]
Somewhere a small boat sits on water that barely moves
rocked by a calm that it never has to prove
You are that stillness wrapped in a blanket of grey
safe while the night carries the hours away

[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes now, let the current be your guide
nothing will wake you, nothing will rise or hide
just this soft rocking, gentle from side to side

[Chorus]
Zuri, the night is soft and the dark is kind
nothing can touch you, nothing you need to mind
Sleep finds you gentle as the tide finds the shore
Zuri, you're loved more than the whole world's oars

[Bridge]
No wind tonight to stir the water or the trees
only the hush that carries you off with such ease
You are held closer than any harbour could hold
safer than stories the old wooden boats have told

[Chorus]
Zuri, the night is soft and the dark is kind
nothing can touch you, nothing you need to mind
Sleep finds you gentle as the tide finds the shore
Zuri, you're loved more than the whole world's oars

[Outro]
The oar rests quiet against the grey and worn wood
and you rest quiet too, wrapped in all that is good

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