Lullabies for Dawn

Verse 1

Something wide and slow is turning gently overhead tonight folding all the shadows soft until they feel just right every wall around you holds its breath and does not sway nothing here will ever come to carry you away

Pre-chorus

Hush now, let the ceiling keep its quiet, easy turning feel how still the whole wide room becomes around your sleeping close your eyes and let the calm come drifting in like this

Chorus

Dawn, the light will wait for you so patient and so still Dawn, there is nothing in this house that means you any ill sleep beneath the walls that lean in close to keep you warm little one called Dawn, you were never built for storm

Verse 2

Somewhere far above you something heavy learns to glide smooth and slow across the dark with nowhere left to hide but it moves the way a lullaby moves through the air gentle, steady, only here to prove that you are cared

Bridge

Let the trembling walls remind you how a shelter feels nothing sharp can find you here, nothing sudden, nothing real

Chorus

Dawn, the light will wait for you so patient and so still Dawn, there is nothing in this house that means you any ill sleep beneath the walls that lean in close to keep you warm little one called Dawn, you were never built for storm

Outro

Somewhere overhead the quiet keeps on turning, soft and slow rest now, little Dawn, and let the whole night hold you close

Verse 1

A small brass dish holds the last of the light warm little pool that keeps burning tonight the wick has gone soft and it bends to a curl and you are the calm at the centre so bright

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the wax settle slow nothing to chase and nowhere to go just this warm hush before sleep starts to grow

Chorus

Dawn, you are the light I keep low and near softest little glow that I gathered here every worry of the day has quietly withdrawn and I will stay beside you, Dawn

Verse 2

The flame leans in close like it wants to stay near it never once flickers when you are right here the whole room goes gentle, the shadows lie still and sleep comes in slowly, so soft and so clear

Bridge

Let the small light burn low while the house settles in you are held here so safely beneath your soft skin

Chorus

Dawn, you are the light I keep low and near softest little glow that I gathered here every worry of the day has quietly withdrawn and I will stay beside you, Dawn

Outro

The little brass dish holds its warmth through the dark and you carry that same gentle spark

Verse 1

Ivy leans on the glass while the whole house breathes slower Dew is sliding down softly, so gentle, so small Nothing out in the dark tonight needs you to know it Only rest, only quiet, only you through it all

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, let the shadows keep watch by the window Every drop on the leaves has a hush it can lend You are held while the night goes on turning so slowly

Chorus

Dawn, you are safe as the dark settles round you Warm as a light that will never be gone Somebody's here for as long as night's found you Sleep now, my Dawn, sleep now, my Dawn

Verse 2

Somewhere the ivy still drips on the sill in the stillness Little the sound, but it says that the world is still kind Rest doesn't ask you to answer for anything tonight Nothing to carry, no reason, no hurry to find

Bridge

Let every worry dissolve like the dew on the pane Nothing tonight has the weight to return once again

Chorus

Dawn, you are safe as the dark settles round you Warm as a light that will never be gone Somebody's here for as long as night's found you Sleep now, my Dawn, sleep now, my Dawn

Outro

The ivy will still be there tapping when morning comes creeping Rest now, my Dawn, you are held through the sleeping