Lullabies for Alan

• Slow as the Tap

  Accordion cradle · Accordion · Old world · Gentle

  A gentle, unhurried lullaby that turns the steady drip of water into a heartbeat of safety, sung softly to settle a small child into sleep.

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  Verse 1

  Somewhere a tap is letting its water fall slow counting the seconds so quiet and small and every drop that lands says you are held here safe in the hush where the evening drapes its shawl

  Pre-chorus

  Close your eyes now, let the ticking house grow still feel how the dark holds nothing you should fear and drift on the sound that carries you toward

  Chorus

  Alan, the night has folded soft around you warm as a hand that never lets you fall nothing can touch you, nothing here will find you Alan, I'm here through all of it, through all

  Verse 2

  The drop falls again, so gentle, so unhurried like your own breath easing into its rest you are the calm at the centre of this stillness the quiet thing that I love the very best

  Chorus

  Alan, the night has folded soft around you warm as a hand that never lets you fall nothing can touch you, nothing here will find you Alan, I'm here through all of it, through all

  Bridge

  Rest now, let the world grow far and small you are so loved you barely have to try sleep is a river carrying you gently under a soft and watching lullaby

  Chorus

  Alan, the night has folded soft around you warm as a hand that never lets you fall nothing can touch you, nothing here will find you Alan, I'm here through all of it, through all

  Outro

  Somewhere that tap still falls, slow and unhurried and you sleep on, held safe till morning comes

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• Beam Through the Fog

  Fingerpicked night · Fingerpicked · Guitar · Quiet

  A slow fingerpicked lullaby for settling a little one named Alan, built around the steady turn of a lighthouse beam through fog as a picture of watchful, patient love.

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  Somewhere a light turns slow above the water sweeping the dark for a son or a daughter and the fog rolls thick where the tide is calling but nothing can touch you, my quiet Alan

  Pre-chorus

  The night can be wide and the fog can be deep but you are held closer than the world is asleep so let your eyes close where the warm light will stay

  Chorus

  Alan, Alan, the beam finds its way turning so gentle at the end of the day Wherever it wanders, it circles home again and so does my love for you, Alan

  Verse 2

  The fog cannot follow you into your dreaming it thins where you rest, soft and gleaming and every slow turn of that far distant light is only the dark saying goodnight

  Chorus

  Alan, Alan, the beam finds its way turning so gentle at the end of the day Wherever it wanders, it circles home again and so does my love for you, Alan

  Bridge

  Rest now, the water is still and unhurried nothing out there in the mist need be worried You are the harbour that light travels for

  Chorus

  Alan, Alan, the beam finds its way turning so gentle at the end of the day Wherever it wanders, it circles home again and so does my love for you, Alan

  Outro

  Let the fog keep its secrets, let the tide keep turning you are the still point where the light stops yearning

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• Rest Now, Alan

  Ambient wash · Ambient · Pads · Breathy

  A slow, soft lullaby that stills the room around a sleeping child, built on the image of a quiet oar laid down for the night. Sing it low at bedtime, when the day's rowing is finally done.

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  Verse 1

  The oar has come to rest across the damp grey floor tonight No river left to cross, no distant shore to find Every worry of the day can loosen now and settle out of sight Close your eyes, my love, and leave the whole wide world behind

  Chorus

  Alan, Alan, the water's calm and still Sleep is drifting soft and slow across the windowsill Alan, Alan, let the quiet fill your chest Nothing in this world can touch you now, so rest

  Verse 2

  The house breathes slow around you like a tide that's turned for home No current pulling farther than the edge of this small bed Wrapped in warmth that no dark hour could ever hope to comb away Every soft thing in this room is leaning toward your sleepy head

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  Somewhere the wind is letting go of everything it carried far Somewhere the night is folding down as gentle as a sigh And here you're held so close and safe beneath the same small star

  Chorus

  Alan, Alan, the water's calm and still Sleep is drifting soft and slow across the windowsill Alan, Alan, let the quiet fill your chest Nothing in this world can touch you now, so rest

  Bridge

  You don't need to hold on tight to anything tonight Just let the dark be soft and let your breathing find its way

  Chorus

  Alan, Alan, the water's calm and still Sleep is drifting soft and slow across the windowsill Alan, Alan, let the quiet fill your chest Nothing in this world can touch you now, so rest

  Outro

  The oar can rest, the journey's done, the floor is calm and grey You are held, you are loved, and morning's just a breath away

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