Lullabies for Elijah

• Yellow Light

  Kalimba night · Kalimba · Plucked · Small

  A gentle kalimba lullaby for settling Elijah to sleep, tracing golden light and quiet pages into a promise of safety through the night.

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  Verse 1

  Yellow light is falling soft across your sleepy pillow now fingers still are tracing shapes along a well loved page the story waits so quietly for morning to arrive this room is warm and gentle and it knows just how to hold you

  Pre-chorus

  Let your busy little fingers finally rest and still the pictures will be waiting when the morning comes around close your eyes and drift now, easy as a breath

  Chorus

  Sleep now, sleep now, Elijah, the night is soft and kind close your eyes and let the whole wide world unwind nothing here can touch you, nothing here will ever harm you Elijah, you are held and you are safe and you are mine

  Verse 2

  The lamp beside you glows the colour of a summer afternoon every corner of this room is warm and hushed for you somewhere far away the moon is climbing very slow and it shines the very same soft gold across your quiet pillow

  Pre-chorus

  Let your busy little fingers finally rest and still the pictures will be waiting when the morning comes around close your eyes and drift now, easy as a breath

  Chorus

  Sleep now, sleep now, Elijah, the night is soft and kind close your eyes and let the whole wide world unwind nothing here can touch you, nothing here will ever harm you Elijah, you are held and you are safe and you are mine

  Bridge

  No need to hold the story open, it will still be there morning always finds you gently, waiting soft and near

  Chorus

  Sleep now, sleep now, Elijah, the night is soft and kind close your eyes and let the whole wide world unwind nothing here can touch you, nothing here will ever harm you Elijah, you are held and you are safe and you are mine

  Outro

  The yellow light will still be glowing gently when you wake and you are loved as softly as that light upon the page

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• Rain on the Hood

  Cello cradle · Cello · Low · Warm

  A soft, slow lullaby for winding down a wheeled cot or pram at bedtime, built around the hush of rain on canvas and leaves brushing by.

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  Verse 1

  Rain is tapping gently on the hood above your head Leaves are brushing softly where the little wheels have stopped Every sound out there has turned to whispers round your bed You are held so closely, nothing gets in that hasn't been dropped

  Pre-chorus

  Somewhere past the canvas the whole wide world grows quiet Nothing needs an answer, nothing needs your eyes Let the small wheels settle while the night rolls softly by it

  Chorus

  Elijah, sleep is coming, warm as breath and slow as tide Nothing out there matters more than you are safe inside Every drop that falls tonight just sings you side to side Elijah, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind and wide

  Verse 2

  Somewhere out beyond the hood the branches lean and sway Leaves keep brushing spokes as though they're humming you to rest Nothing in the dark tonight has any word to say Only you, breathing quiet, only you, held and blessed

  Chorus

  Elijah, sleep is coming, warm as breath and slow as tide Nothing out there matters more than you are safe inside Every drop that falls tonight just sings you side to side Elijah, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind and wide

  Bridge

  However far the rain has come to find you However long the leaves have swayed this way You are the reason any of it matters

  Chorus

  Elijah, sleep is coming, warm as breath and slow as tide Nothing out there matters more than you are safe inside Every drop that falls tonight just sings you side to side Elijah, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind and wide

  Outro

  Let the rain keep tapping soft above your quiet head Sleep now, little one, the leaves will watch you instead

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• Yellow Light

  Glockenspiel · Twinkling · Simple

  A slow, glockenspiel lullaby that turns the golden evening light into a picture of how deeply Elijah is loved, sung softly at bedtime.

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  Verse 1

  The yellow light is drifting soft across the wallpaper flowers Dust is floating gold and slow through these quiet little hours You are wrapped in every colour that the fading day can give Safe inside this small warm room where all my love will live

  Pre-chorus

  Close your eyes, the light is dimming low and kind Every worry of the day can rest and stay behind Let the warmth pull you in, let it hold you deep and slow

  Chorus

  Elijah, the whole wide night is holding you so near Nothing in the dark can touch you, nothing bring you fear Elijah, you are steady as the light upon the wall You are loved beyond the reaching of it all

  Verse 2

  The flowers on the wallpaper are turning soft and grey Watching over you the way they've watched the whole long day Every speck of dust is settling like a gentle sigh Nothing in this room will ever let a shadow by

  Bridge

  Sleep can come as slow as light across an old wall Nothing has to hurry, nothing has to fall I will keep the warmth here even when the sun is gone

  Chorus

  Elijah, the whole wide night is holding you so near Nothing in the dark can touch you, nothing bring you fear Elijah, you are steady as the light upon the wall You are loved beyond the reaching of it all

  Outro

  The yellow light has softened into dreaming, calm and deep Rest now in that warm and golden colour while you sleep

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