Lullabies for Hilda

• Softly the Night Leans In

  Clarinet nightlight · Clarinet · Woodwind · Round

  A slow, breathy lullaby for settling a young child to sleep, built around linen drifting at a window and the quiet promise of being kept safe until morning.

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  Verse 1

  White linen lifts and settles slow across the open frame You breathe so quiet the whole wide house seems to hold still Nothing tonight will ever come to trouble you or claim you Sleep finds you gentle as the curtain finds the windowsill

  Pre-chorus

  Somewhere a clock is counting soft and losing all its hurry Your small hands loosen and the day slips out of them Hush now, the dark is only quiet wearing evening's colour

  Chorus

  Hilda, the night has come to hold you closer than a blanket Sleep like the calmest water, sleep like something mild You are the warmest light this house has ever kept lit Rest easy, Hilda, rest now, you sweet and steady child

  Verse 2

  The window breathes the linen out and draws it softly back again You are folded into evening like a letter no one sent Every worry of the day has wandered off to somewhere milder Your breathing is the only sound this whole room ever meant

  Chorus

  Hilda, the night has come to hold you closer than a blanket Sleep like the calmest water, sleep like something mild You are the warmest light this house has ever kept lit Rest easy, Hilda, rest now, you sweet and steady child

  Bridge

  Let the fabric drift and settle, let your eyelids do the same Nothing needs you wide awake, nothing calls your name

  Chorus

  Hilda, the night has come to hold you closer than a blanket Sleep like the calmest water, sleep like something mild You are the warmest light this house has ever kept lit Rest easy, Hilda, rest now, you sweet and steady child

  Outro

  Somewhere the linen settles still against the quiet frame You are held here safely, Hilda, sleeping, always the same

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• A Strip of Gold

  Kalimba night · Kalimba · Plucked · Small

  A slow kalimba lullaby that turns a thin line of hallway light into a promise of safety, sung to settle a small child named Hilda into sleep.

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  Verse 1

  There is a strip of yellow light asleep beneath the door and it will keep its little watch until the morning comes your breathing slows, your small hands rest, you need to hold nothing more the house is quiet, the house is warm, and softly it hums

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing tonight can reach you here, nothing can pull you far the dark outside has lost its teeth beneath this gentle bar so let your eyes grow heavy now beneath the coming stars

  Chorus

  Hilda, the light is low and gold and steady by your bed rest now, the whole wide night is folded soft around your head Hilda, there is no need to keep one worried thought at all sleep now, and let the quiet be the only thing that falls

  Verse 2

  Somewhere a door is closed so gently that it barely made a sound and everything that loves you most is standing close around the world has shrunk to just this room, this blanket, this small mound you are the safest thing that ever settled on this ground

  Chorus

  Hilda, the light is low and gold and steady by your bed rest now, the whole wide night is folded soft around your head Hilda, there is no need to keep one worried thought at all sleep now, and let the quiet be the only thing that falls

  Bridge

  No shadow here would dare to move too near where you lie curled you are the warmest, softest thing in all this turning world

  Chorus

  Hilda, the light is low and gold and steady by your bed rest now, the whole wide night is folded soft around your head Hilda, there is no need to keep one worried thought at all sleep now, and let the quiet be the only thing that falls

  Outro

  That same soft strip of light will still be glowing when you wake and you'll be just as loved as every hour that it stayed awake

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• Little Light Stays On

  Cello cradle · Cello · Low · Warm

  A slow, soft lullaby for settling a young child to sleep, built around the small glow of a nightlight against warm blankets.

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  Verse 1

  A small red glow is watching over you tonight Set against the cotton where the blue moons drift so light Nothing in this room will ever come to pull you wild You are held here safely, you are Hilda, sleepy child

  Pre-chorus

  Close your eyes now, let the day slip out of reach Every worry softens, there is nothing left to teach Just the hush of breathing while the dark begins to speak

  Chorus

  Hilda, hush now, let the quiet carry you along Nothing here can hurt you, nothing here was ever wrong Sleep is just a river and you're drifting safe and slow Hilda, you are cradled everywhere you go

  Verse 2

  Under blankets patterned soft with rivers, blue and mild Warmth is wrapped around you like it always has, my child Somewhere near your pillow that small light begins to fade Still it leaves behind the calm that all its glowing made

  Pre-chorus

  Close your eyes now, let the day slip out of reach Every worry softens, there is nothing left to teach Just the hush of breathing while the dark begins to speak

  Chorus

  Hilda, hush now, let the quiet carry you along Nothing here can hurt you, nothing here was ever wrong Sleep is just a river and you're drifting safe and slow Hilda, you are cradled everywhere you go

  Bridge

  Nothing needs to happen, nothing needs to stir You are so completely loved just breathing where you are Rest is just a shoreline pulling you in soft and slow

  Chorus

  Hilda, hush now, let the quiet carry you along Nothing here can hurt you, nothing here was ever wrong Sleep is just a river and you're drifting safe and slow Hilda, you are cradled everywhere you go

  Outro

  That small red light will keep its steady watch till dawn Sleep now, Hilda, you are safe here, you are held, you are home

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