Lullabies for Esme

• Rest Now, Esme

  Gentle acoustic · Acoustic · Nylon guitar · Soft

  A slow, gentle lullaby for sending Esme off to sleep, built around the calm of oars resting quietly at the end of a long day.

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  Verse 1

  The oars are resting quiet against the wooden side Their long day of rowing has softly drifted through Everything that moved today has settled now and sighed And I am here beside you, holding on to you

  Pre-chorus

  The water outside has stilled to glass and grey Your breathing is slowing, matching the fading light Close your eyes now and drift away

  Chorus

  Sleep now, Esme, the night is soft and safe Nothing can reach you while I hold you near Wherever you drift to, Esme, you're never out of place You are so loved, Esme, you have nothing here to fear

  Verse 2

  The hull holds its stillness like a hand around a flame Every creak has quieted, every ripple gone to rest I will stay right here and watch you until sleep came With you tucked in safely, you are held, you are blessed

  Pre-chorus

  The water outside has stilled to glass and grey Your breathing is slowing, matching the fading light Close your eyes now and drift away

  Chorus

  Sleep now, Esme, the night is soft and safe Nothing can reach you while I hold you near Wherever you drift to, Esme, you're never out of place You are so loved, Esme, you have nothing here to fear

  Bridge

  Whatever the morning brings, you will not face it alone Tonight the whole wide world can wait outside the door

  Chorus

  Sleep now, Esme, the night is soft and safe Nothing can reach you while I hold you near Wherever you drift to, Esme, you're never out of place You are so loved, Esme, you have nothing here to fear

  Outro

  The oars can rest now, quiet against the side And you can rest now too, my love, and gently close your eyes

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• Light Under the Door

  Rain and piano · Rain · Piano · Hushed

  A slow, rain and piano lullaby for anybody named Esme, built around the soft yellow glow that says somebody is still near and watching over them.

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  Verse 1

  A pale little light is spilling soft beneath the door letting you know that somebody near is keeping watch the house settles down to breathing quiet on the floor and nothing in the dark tonight can touch you, not one notch

  Chorus

  Esme, the night is holding you so gently now close your eyes, Esme, and let the hours go hazy you are the calm this whole house gathers round somehow sleep on, my love, sleep on, however slow or lazy

  Verse 2

  The kind of hush that only falls when you're this loved wraps round the room and asks for nothing else tonight you don't need words to be the warmest thing I've thought of you are the reason this small light stays burning bright

  Pre-chorus

  Somewhere a clock is counting soft and slow and low your breathing finds its rhythm and the room agrees and everything I want for you begins to show

  Chorus

  Esme, the night is holding you so gently now close your eyes, Esme, and let the hours go hazy you are the calm this whole house gathers round somehow sleep on, my love, sleep on, however slow or lazy

  Bridge

  Rain on the window keeps its own quiet time and under it you drift where nothing needs to rhyme

  Chorus

  Esme, the night is holding you so gently now close your eyes, Esme, and let the hours go hazy you are the calm this whole house gathers round somehow sleep on, my love, sleep on, however slow or lazy

  Outro

  That same soft light still glows along the bottom of the door sleep easy now, you're held, you're safe, there's nothing more

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• Warm Against the Rain

  Vibraphone drift · Vibraphone · Drifting · Soft

  A slow, softly rhymed lullaby for bedtime, built around rain on the window and the warmth inside, for anyone singing Esme down to sleep.

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  Verse 1

  Something taps the window slow, so gentle it could be a sigh the radiator hums a tune to keep the cold outside nothing in this room can ever come to harm you and you are held here safely as the hours drift by

  Pre-chorus

  Let the heavy rain go pattering wherever it may fall it can knock all night and never reach you here at all so close your eyes and settle deeper into calm

  Chorus

  Esme, the dark outside is soft and it is kind rain keeps its rhythm while you leave the day behind warm as the glow that sits beside your pillow Esme, there is nothing here you need to mind

  Verse 2

  The glass is cool but you are wrapped in something steady every drop that falls is just the night saying it's ready ready to carry you where all your dreams are waiting and hold you like a hand that always keeps you steady

  Chorus

  Esme, the dark outside is soft and it is kind rain keeps its rhythm while you leave the day behind warm as the glow that sits beside your pillow Esme, there is nothing here you need to mind

  Bridge

  Rain will run its own slow way till morning comes to call and none of it can touch the warmth that keeps you through it all

  Chorus

  Esme, the dark outside is soft and it is kind rain keeps its rhythm while you leave the day behind warm as the glow that sits beside your pillow Esme, there is nothing here you need to mind

  Outro

  Let the rain keep tapping soft against the pane above you sleep now, Esme, wrapped in all the warmth that loves you

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