Songs for Jackie

Verse 1

The little speaker hums a soft and grey goodnight upon the boards Its quiet hiss is folding round the room in slow, warm cords Jackie, close your eyes and let the hush come drifting near Nothing in the dark tonight will ever raise its voice toward yours

Pre-chorus

Breathe with the static, low and slow, and let the day go still Every worry you were holding can uncurl and rest until Sleep comes soft as static, waiting just beyond the hill

Chorus

Jackie, Jackie, the night is holding you so gently now Rest inside the hum, and let it show you how Sleep is just a warm and steady sound that never ends You are safe as Jackie always is, however soft or loud

Verse 2

Somewhere past the speaker's hiss the whole wide world is turning slow Yet nothing far away can touch the corner where you go Feel the pine boards steady underneath the quiet, humming glow You are wrapped as warm as anything that this small room can know

Chorus

Jackie, Jackie, the night is holding you so gently now Rest inside the hum, and let it show you how Sleep is just a warm and steady sound that never ends You are safe as Jackie always is, however soft or loud

Bridge

Hush now, let the small grey murmur carry you along Nothing needs to hurry, nothing needs to right a wrong You can let the whole night lean its weight on you so light Drifting slow as breath into the folds of one soft song

Chorus

Jackie, Jackie, the night is holding you so gently now Rest inside the hum, and let it show you how Sleep is just a warm and steady sound that never ends You are safe as Jackie always is, however soft or loud

Outro

The speaker hums its low goodnight upon the quiet floor Sleep well, dear Jackie, safe and held till morning's at the door

Verse 1

The white cotton curtain breathes slow by the frame tonight folding in on the wind like it's holding the light everything in this room is hushed and it's kind you are the softest thing that the dark ever finds

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the hours grow long and mild the whole wide house is quiet, holding its breath for a while and every corner of this dark is leaning in to say

Chorus

Jackie, Jackie, sleep is calling soft and low rest here easy, let the night wrap round you slow you are loved beyond the reach of counting or of measure held so gently, you're the house's quiet treasure

Verse 2

The linen lifts a little when the breeze comes near carrying nothing but the calm of the evening air nothing in this world could touch you while you rest you are the warmest thing this tired house has blessed

Chorus

Jackie, Jackie, sleep is calling soft and low rest here easy, let the night wrap round you slow you are loved beyond the reach of counting or of measure held so gently, you're the house's quiet treasure

Bridge

Not a sound will come to trouble where you lie only stars keeping watch on a wide and easy sky you can let the whole day finally loosen and unwind there is nowhere safer than this stillness you will find

Chorus

Jackie, Jackie, sleep is calling soft and low rest here easy, let the night wrap round you slow you are loved beyond the reach of counting or of measure held so gently, you're the house's quiet treasure

Outro

The cotton settles gentle as the wind begins to still and you are held here softly, Jackie, always will

Verse 1

The candle burns low on its little white saucer Wax pooling soft round a wick bent and black Just like that flame, you are watched every moment Nothing tonight will find its way past that

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the warm light hold you Let the hush of the house settle deep in your chest Sleep is coming gentle, and so am I, staying

Chorus

Jackie, Jackie, the light is turning low Softly melting, easy, slow You are held here, safe and warm Jackie, nothing here can do you harm

Verse 2

The night outside is quiet, the whole world settling Only the smallest glow left to keep back the dark You don't need to know how far that dark reaches You only need to know you're held in this small spark

Bridge

Even when the flame goes down to nothing Even in the dark I will still be near There is nothing in the night that comes to find you Nothing waiting out there that you need fear

Chorus

Jackie, Jackie, the light is turning low Softly melting, easy, slow You are held here, safe and warm Jackie, nothing here can do you harm

Outro

The wax has gone still now, the wick has gone quiet Sleep on, little one, warm and safe and mine