Lullabies for Gillian

• The Light Beneath the Door

  Soft piano · Piano · Soft · Sleepy

  A slow, soft lullaby for settling a little one to sleep, built around the warm glow under a spare room door and the safety of being watched over.

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  Verse 1

  There's a stripe of gold beneath the spare room door tonight Falling soft across the rug like it was drawn for you Everything is quiet now and everything's alright You are held by everyone who loves what you do

  Pre-chorus

  Close your eyes and let the whole house settle down Let the hush come rolling in and wrap around your head There's a warmth that's only yours, so gentle and so round

  Chorus

  Gillian, the night has come to keep you safe and still Somewhere close a light is glowing just for you There isn't any corner that the dark could ever fill Gillian, you're loved a hundred million ways and through

  Verse 2

  The rug still glows in stripes of amber, soft and low Like the whole world dimmed itself to let you drift away Nothing in this house will move or wake or go You are the reason that we hold this quiet day

  Pre-chorus

  Close your eyes and let the whole house settle down Let the hush come rolling in and wrap around your head There's a warmth that's only yours, so gentle and so round

  Chorus

  Gillian, the night has come to keep you safe and still Somewhere close a light is glowing just for you There isn't any corner that the dark could ever fill Gillian, you're loved a hundred million ways and through

  Bridge

  Sleep can carry you so gently, further than you know While the ones who love you stay right here, and watch you go

  Chorus

  Gillian, the night has come to keep you safe and still Somewhere close a light is glowing just for you There isn't any corner that the dark could ever fill Gillian, you're loved a hundred million ways and through

  Outro

  That same soft light will still be glowing when you wake Warm along the floor, still shining there for your sake

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• Soot and Ember

  Flute and pad · Flute · Airy · Floating

  A slow, breath-paced lullaby for settling a baby or young child to sleep, using the last glow of a dying fire as a picture of warmth and safety.

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  Verse 1

  The soot falls slow behind the iron grate tonight drifting down so gently in the dying firelight the flames are curling smaller now and you are wrapped up warm and out of sight

  Chorus

  Gillian, the embers glow so soft and low you are the warmest thing this quiet house will know rest here where the shadows move so gently, Gillian nothing in the dark can touch you, nowhere you must go

  Verse 2

  The old brick wall holds every whisper of the day watching as the last small sparks all drift away your breathing slows to match the hush and every worry simply melts and fades

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  Outside the wind is turning soft against the glass hush now, let the ticking clock and daylight pass close your eyes and feel how still it's grown

  Chorus

  Gillian, the embers glow so soft and low you are the warmest thing this quiet house will know rest here where the shadows move so gently, Gillian nothing in the dark can touch you, nowhere you must go

  Bridge

  Sleep is a blanket laid across the floor soft as the ash that settles by the door you are held here closer than a million stars

  Chorus

  Gillian, the embers glow so soft and low you are the warmest thing this quiet house will know rest here where the shadows move so gently, Gillian nothing in the dark can touch you, nowhere you must go

  Outro

  The soot has settled quiet now behind the grate and you are safe and sleeping, so calm, so still, so late

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• Amber on the Landing

  Kalimba night · Kalimba · Plucked · Small

  A slow, gentle lullaby for settling Gillian to sleep, built around the warm light on the landing carpet as a symbol of safety and love.

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  Amber light is spilling soft along the banister rail and it finds you where you're curled up, safe beneath your blanket's fold I would keep this quiet hour if I only had a way to sail past the morning, just to hold you longer than the night has told

  Pre-chorus

  Every little breath you take is settling soft and slow the house is dim and dreaming now, the hush begins to grow and all the love I carry for you wants so much to show

  Chorus

  Gillian, the light is low and gentle, made for you hush now, close your eyes, let every worry drift and thin you are held here safe as amber, through and through sleep now, Gillian, the whole wide night is tucked you in

  Verse 2

  You breathe so soft against the pillow, steady as a tide and the carpet holds the colours of a fire that won't burn every shadow on the landing knows you're tucked up safe inside and it waits there patient with you till the morning's slow return

  Pre-chorus

  Every little breath you take is settling soft and slow the house is dim and dreaming now, the hush begins to grow and all the love I carry for you wants so much to show

  Chorus

  Gillian, the light is low and gentle, made for you hush now, close your eyes, let every worry drift and thin you are held here safe as amber, through and through sleep now, Gillian, the whole wide night is tucked you in

  Bridge

  Nothing in the dark can find you, nothing means you harm only quiet colours falling gold across your arm

  Chorus

  Gillian, the light is low and gentle, made for you hush now, close your eyes, let every worry drift and thin you are held here safe as amber, through and through sleep now, Gillian, the whole wide night is tucked you in

  Outro

  The amber fades so slowly now, but you are held the same sleep on, sleep on, forever safe inside your gentle name

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