Lullabies for Ella

• The Slow Swing Home

  Cello cradle · Cello · Low · Warm

  A gentle cello lullaby for Ella, built around the steady sway of a clock's pendulum as a promise of safety through the night.

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  Verse 1

  Somewhere a small door swings open and closes so slow keeping the hours the only thing it seems to know back and forth in the dark it goes on turning and under that rhythm is you, safe here below

  Pre-chorus

  Every tick is a hand that will not let you fall every hush in this room is wrapped around you all so let your eyes grow heavy as the quiet starts to call

  Chorus

  Ella, sleep now, the night is gentle and slow you are held here closer than you'll ever know softer than starlight, warmer than yellow Ella, rest now, let the whole world go

  Verse 2

  The pendulum swings like a heart that never will race steady and sure in its small and shadowy space nothing can hurry it, nothing can shake it and nothing will ever take you from this place

  Chorus

  Ella, sleep now, the night is gentle and slow you are held here closer than you'll ever know softer than starlight, warmer than yellow Ella, rest now, let the whole world go

  Bridge

  Time can keep swinging its long patient song you are not measured by how it moves along you are the stillness it swings itself around

  Chorus

  Ella, sleep now, the night is gentle and slow you are held here closer than you'll ever know softer than starlight, warmer than yellow Ella, rest now, let the whole world go

  Outro

  Somewhere that small door is closing so slow and you are the reason it swings soft and low

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• The Quiet Between Songs

  Celesta and strings · Celesta · Strings · Dreamy

  A slow bedtime lullaby for Ella, drawn from the soft static between late night radio songs, holding her safe in that gentle hush before sleep.

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  Verse 1

  I keep the radio low so the hiss can hold you gently the songs have gone quiet but I stay close and attentive that small soft static is a sound I want you to trust it hums like the house does when it settles into dust

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing in this room is asking you to wake or wonder there is only breath and blankets and the hush beneath the thunder and here beside your ear the whole wide world grows smaller

  Chorus

  Ella, the static hums so soft and slow tonight you are the calm I listen for beneath that light no song could ever hold you half as close as I do sleep now, my Ella, there is nothing here to frighten you

  Verse 2

  Somewhere a station hisses between one tune and another you are the quiet part I never want to smother I trace your name the way a hand rests on a cello's string and hope you dream of something warm and wordless, gathering

  Chorus

  Ella, the static hums so soft and slow tonight you are the calm I listen for beneath that light no song could ever hold you half as close as I do sleep now, my Ella, there is nothing here to frighten you

  Bridge

  Let the small grey noise become a blanket, soft and endless hold you like a hush that always meant to find you

  Chorus

  Ella, the static hums so soft and slow tonight you are the calm I listen for beneath that light no song could ever hold you half as close as I do sleep now, my Ella, there is nothing here to frighten you

  Outro

  The dial stays low, the night keeps humming steady and slow and you are the song I chose beneath that quiet glow

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• Orange Light on the Way Home

  Glockenspiel · Twinkling · Simple

  A slow glockenspiel lullaby for winding down a night drive into sleep, sung to soothe a baby or young child named Ella.

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  Verse 1

  The streetlights slide across the buckle by your chin Soft orange waves that drift and glow and fall You watch them go with sleepy eyes half open Riding home where no harm comes at all

  Pre-chorus

  Every light that passes you is turning into rest Your breathing slows to match the hum below Hold on to nothing, let the dark be gentle

  Chorus

  Ella, the night is wrapping soft around you now Nobody's calling you home but home is here Ella, you're carried safe through every shadow Sleep is close and love is always near

  Verse 2

  The world outside grows quiet as the wheels turn slow Your small hands rest like they've stopped needing to hold Nothing can reach you in this warm and moving cocoon You're the softest thing this whole night ever told

  Bridge

  Let the hush settle deep into your shoulders Let the glow outside just blur and fade away

  Chorus

  Ella, the night is wrapping soft around you now Nobody's calling you home but home is here Ella, you're carried safe through every shadow Sleep is close and love is always near

  Outro

  The last light slides across the buckle, dimming low You're already dreaming, and it's time to let you go

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