Lullabies for Elin

• The Slow Turning Light

  Humming choir · Choir · Wordless · Warm

  A gentle lullaby built around the steady sweep of a lighthouse beam over dark water, for anyone rocking a small child towards sleep.

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  Verse 1

  High in the stone tower a brass wheel is turning so slow Sweeping its light out across the dark water below Watching the harbour the way that I'm watching you now Round and round goes the beam and it never lets go

  Chorus

  Elin, my love, close your eyes as the light comes around Soft as a hand laid so gentle on hallowed ground Nothing can reach you while this old light keeps its turn Sleep now, Elin, there's nowhere so safe to be found

  Verse 2

  The water is quiet and black and it keeps its own time Holding the hush of the night like a slow, easy rhyme You are the warmth that the tower is turning to find Wrapped up in blankets and breathing so calm, so sublime

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  Somewhere the lens keeps its patient and endless rotation Sending its glow out to guide every small, drifting creation And it will circle all night just to bring you this feeling

  Chorus

  Elin, my love, close your eyes as the light comes around Soft as a hand laid so gentle on hallowed ground Nothing can reach you while this old light keeps its turn Sleep now, Elin, there's nowhere so safe to be found

  Bridge

  Let the hum of the world grow as soft as a sigh While the beam keeps its promise to never say goodbye You are held, you are kept, you are wrapped in the glow

  Chorus

  Elin, my love, close your eyes as the light comes around Soft as a hand laid so gentle on hallowed ground Nothing can reach you while this old light keeps its turn Sleep now, Elin, there's nowhere so safe to be found

  Outro

  Somewhere that old lamp is turning still over the water Watching you sleep like the calmest and gentlest daughter

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• Dim Lights Along the Line

  Vibraphone drift · Vibraphone · Drifting · Soft

  A slow, swaying lullaby for anyone named Elin, built from the gentle rhythm of a night train drifting through empty fields, for winding down at the end of the day.

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  A little light is swaying soft along the midnight track It carries on through empty fields where no one else can see And every gentle sway of it is carrying you back To somewhere warm and certain, love, to somewhere safe as sleep

  Pre-chorus

  So let the dark come slowly now, there's nothing here to fear The whole wide field is holding still just to keep you near And every light along the line is leaning close to hear

  Chorus

  Elin, Elin, close your eyes and let the night carry you The lights are swaying gently now, they know just what to do Nothing in this whole wide world could ever trouble you Sleep now, Elin, sleep now, the dark is kind and true

  Verse 2

  The tracks run on through fields that no one else will ever find But you don't need to see the way, you only need to rest Someone's holding all the dark so softly close behind And every mile of quiet now is leading to your best

  Pre-chorus

  So let the dark come slowly now, there's nothing here to fear The whole wide field is holding still just to keep you near And every light along the line is leaning close to hear

  Chorus

  Elin, Elin, close your eyes and let the night carry you The lights are swaying gently now, they know just what to do Nothing in this whole wide world could ever trouble you Sleep now, Elin, sleep now, the dark is kind and true

  Bridge

  No sound but the soft metal hum of something moving slow Nowhere you need to be but here, wrapped up and warm and low

  Chorus

  Elin, Elin, close your eyes and let the night carry you The lights are swaying gently now, they know just what to do Nothing in this whole wide world could ever trouble you Sleep now, Elin, sleep now, the dark is kind and true

  Outro

  The little light still sways along the field, so soft, so slow You are loved as far as any quiet track can go

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• Faded Wool

  Accordion cradle · Accordion · Old world · Gentle

  A slow, breath-slow lullaby for settling a little one called Elin, built from the quiet of an old armchair and worn wool at the end of the day.

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  Verse 1

  The threads have gone soft where the light used to catch them worn thin and warm from years of this chair You settle right into the hush of the evening folded in close where it's safe, where it's rare

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  Elin, my Elin, the house has gone still only your breathing and the wind on the sill Elin, my Elin, the dark means no harm just close your eyes now, you're held, you're warm

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  This armchair has kept every quiet we've needed the same worn wool where the evenings unwind You curl in the crook of the arm like it knows you and sleep finds you gently, unhurried, unblind

  Pre-chorus

  Somewhere a clock is barely still ticking softer than breath, slower than time and the night leans in close like it's waiting to hold you

  Chorus

  Elin, my Elin, the house has gone still only your breathing and the wind on the sill Elin, my Elin, the dark means no harm just close your eyes now, you're held, you're warm

  Bridge

  Nothing will wake you, nothing will stir not while these threads keep on holding you near

  Chorus

  Elin, my Elin, the house has gone still only your breathing and the wind on the sill Elin, my Elin, the dark means no harm just close your eyes now, you're held, you're warm

  Outro

  The wool has gone quiet, the chair has gone still and you are the warmth that it's holding until

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