Lullabies for Eira

• Amber Light

  Gentle acoustic · Acoustic · Nylon guitar · Soft

  A slow, gentle lullaby for settling a little one to sleep, built around the warm glow slipping through a half open door.

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  Verse 1

  A thin gold thread slips through the door left ajar for you Small pieces of light are drifting soft and slow above your head I watch them turning, catching every breath that you breathe through And know there's nowhere safer in the world than this small bed

  Pre-chorus

  The house has gone quiet, every corner settling down Nothing can reach you while I'm sitting here so near So let your eyes grow heavy, let the hush wrap all around

  Chorus

  Eira, the light is low and gentle just for you Close your eyes now, Eira, morning waits its turn Nothing in this whole wide world could ever see you through Like the warmth that holds you, Eira, while the small light burns

  Verse 2

  Somewhere past the doorway the ordinary world rolls on But nothing out there matters more than this hush we share I'll stay until the last of all that amber glow is gone And when you drift off smiling I'll still be right there

  Chorus

  Eira, the light is low and gentle just for you Close your eyes now, Eira, morning waits its turn Nothing in this whole wide world could ever see you through Like the warmth that holds you, Eira, while the small light burns

  Bridge

  Dust turns slow in the sliver of gold, and so do my thoughts of you Every quiet breath you take is a small and steady kind of true

  Chorus

  Eira, the light is low and gentle just for you Close your eyes now, Eira, morning waits its turn Nothing in this whole wide world could ever see you through Like the warmth that holds you, Eira, while the small light burns

  Outro

  The door stays open just a little, the gold still soft and thin Sleep now, love, however far you dream, I'm keeping watch within

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• Quiet as a Spoon

  Harp lullaby · Harp · Gentle · Flowing

  A slow harp lullaby for settling a baby or young child to sleep, built around the hush that falls once the house has finished its day.

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  Verse 1

  A spoon has stopped its ringing in the bowl left on the table Somewhere a clock is chiming, slow as it is able You are the softest sound left in this house tonight Curled where the lamp goes dim and the hallway loses light

  Pre-chorus

  Every small noise is settling now into the walls Even the water in the pipes grows quiet as it falls So let your breathing be the last sound left to hear

  Chorus

  Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

  Verse 2

  The kitchen light has faded to a low and amber glow Somebody washed the bowl and set it down here nice and slow You are the warmth that lingers when the busy day is done The quiet at the centre once the noise has come undone

  Pre-chorus

  Every small noise is settling now into the walls Even the water in the pipes grows quiet as it falls So let your breathing be the last sound left to hear

  Chorus

  Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

  Bridge

  Nothing needs to happen now but resting where you lie Let the whole wide dark become a gentle lullaby

  Chorus

  Eira, sleep is coming soft to find you here Close your eyes, my Eira, there is nothing left to fear Every hour is folding into one long, gentle rhyme Eira, you are held here, safe outside of time

  Outro

  Somewhere far off a spoon lies still inside its bowl Sleep now, you are the warmest, quietest thing I know

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• Eira, Branches on the Ceiling

  Kalimba night · Kalimba · Plucked · Small

  A gentle kalimba lullaby that turns the moving shadow of oak branches on the ceiling into a picture of quiet watching and love, sung to settle a very young child to sleep.

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  Verse 1

  The bare oak branches stir so slowly on the ceiling tonight drifting like slow breath across the pale and silver light and every little shift is soft, and nothing here will bite you are held so close and warm, you are safe within my sight

  Pre-chorus

  Close your eyes now, let the shadows carry you away nothing in this room will wake you before the break of day hush now, hush now, drift along and stay

  Chorus

  Eira, Eira, the night is soft and low the branches sway so gently just to watch you as you go Eira, you are cradled everywhere I know sleep now, little Eira, let the quiet river flow

  Verse 2

  The moonlight pools so pale and still across your quiet bed and every shadow passing by just nods above your head nothing out there in the dark comes close to where you're led you are the warmest thing this whole wide sleeping house has said

  Chorus

  Eira, Eira, the night is soft and low the branches sway so gently just to watch you as you go Eira, you are cradled everywhere I know sleep now, little Eira, let the quiet river flow

  Bridge

  No branch, no shadow, no far and quiet star could ever hold you softer than the ones who know who you are rest now, you are wanted just exactly as you are

  Chorus

  Eira, Eira, the night is soft and low the branches sway so gently just to watch you as you go Eira, you are cradled everywhere I know sleep now, little Eira, let the quiet river flow

  Outro

  The branches still are moving slow across the ceiling white sleep now, you are so deeply loved, and held through all the night

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