Lullabies for Jade

Verse 1

Soot comes tumbling slow past the rusted old grate tonight Falling so gentle it barely stirs the sleeping air Everything settles the way that it always made And you are the softest thing resting anywhere

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the whole tired world is turning down its light Rain on the window is humming us both to sleep Close your eyes, love, and drift where the dark is kind

Chorus

Jade, my love, the night was always yours to keep Nothing can touch you while the quiet rain has stayed Sleep now, and know how deeply you are loved, Jade Even the dark leans soft around you as you sleep

Verse 2

Behind the old brick wall the evening folds up small Nothing to fear where the grate holds back the cold You are the warmth that never has to shout at all Safe in the hush that this house has always told

Pre-chorus

Hush now, the whole tired world is turning down its light Rain on the window is humming us both to sleep Close your eyes, love, and drift where the dark is kind

Chorus

Jade, my love, the night was always yours to keep Nothing can touch you while the quiet rain has stayed Sleep now, and know how deeply you are loved, Jade Even the dark leans soft around you as you sleep

Bridge

No need to be afraid of shadows on the wall They are only the night turning gently in its sleep I will be near however small the hours fall

Chorus

Jade, my love, the night was always yours to keep Nothing can touch you while the quiet rain has stayed Sleep now, and know how deeply you are loved, Jade Even the dark leans soft around you as you sleep

Outro

Soot still falls slow behind the old red wall And you sleep on, held safer than it all

Verse 1

The branches draw their shapes across the pale wall so slowly Watching them drift is enough to make your eyelids grow heavy Nothing tonight is sharp or loud or the least bit scary Every soft shadow that moves is on your side completely

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the hush of the room hold you steady The night has nowhere else to be but curled up here already So let the quiet gather round until you're ready to drift

Chorus

Jade, the dark is only a blanket that the evening made Nothing out there in the hush can ever make you afraid You are held so gently here, safe in the warmth you're given Jade, you are the reason this small room feels like heaven

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window the wind is turning leaves to whispers But nothing in this room will ever ask you to listen You can let the whole wide world grow distant and forgiven Sleep is just a boat that carries you where you're missing

Chorus

Jade, the dark is only a blanket that the evening made Nothing out there in the hush can ever make you afraid You are held so gently here, safe in the warmth you're given Jade, you are the reason this small room feels like heaven

Bridge

Every shadow that moves is only the branches swaying No storm, no sound, no far off thing worth staying awake for Rest now, there is nothing here that needs you praying You are already loved beyond what any words are for

Chorus

Jade, the dark is only a blanket that the evening made Nothing out there in the hush can ever make you afraid You are held so gently here, safe in the warmth you're given Jade, you are the reason this small room feels like heaven

Outro

The branches will keep drifting slow across the wall till morning While you sleep on, so loved, so warm, so far past any warning

Verse 1

The wet leaves are settling soft on the old stone way Held there by the rain that fell through the end of day The iron gate is closing slow on the tired light And you are the warmth that the whole house saves for Jade

Chorus

Jade, the night has come to carry you gently home Nothing out there in the dark can reach where you are known You are held closer than any door could ever hold Sleep now, Jade, you were never meant to be alone

Verse 2

Somewhere a gate swings shut on a garden gone to rest Leaves keep sticking to the path like they know they're blessed Everything outside has folded its noise away And you are the hush that this whole house loves the best

Pre-chorus

Let your small hands loosen now, let your breathing slow Let the last of daylight go where the quiet things go Close your eyes, my love, there's somewhere warm you need to be

Chorus

Jade, the night has come to carry you gently home Nothing out there in the dark can reach where you are known You are held closer than any door could ever hold Sleep now, Jade, you were never meant to be alone

Bridge

Rest now the way the leaves rest, done with their falling No further to go, no distant voice calling Just you, safe under the weight of a gentle sky

Chorus

Jade, the night has come to carry you gently home Nothing out there in the dark can reach where you are known You are held closer than any door could ever hold Sleep now, Jade, you were never meant to be alone

Outro

The gate stays closed and the path lies still and true Sleep now, the whole quiet dark belongs to you