Lullabies for Laura

Verse 1

The dark canvas rocks you soft above the sleeping wheels tonight Every little sway is carrying you gently toward the light of dreams Heavy green branches lean down low to watch you settle There is nowhere safer for you than this small and quiet flight

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the swaying carry all your worries far Feel how slow and warm the evening folds around just where you are Sleep is coming closer, soft as breath, to find you

Chorus

Laura, the whole wide night is holding you so tender and so near Nothing in this hour could ever bring you harm or fear You are the calm that every branch bends down to shelter Laura, sleep, for you are loved and you are dear

Verse 2

The wheels beneath you turn so slow they barely make a sound Shadows from the leaves are drawing soft green circles all around You are wrapped in something steady, something certain Nothing needs to hurry now, no reason can be found

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the swaying carry all your worries far Feel how slow and warm the evening folds around just where you are Sleep is coming closer, soft as breath, to find you

Chorus

Laura, the whole wide night is holding you so tender and so near Nothing in this hour could ever bring you harm or fear You are the calm that every branch bends down to shelter Laura, sleep, for you are loved and you are dear

Bridge

Every branch above you learned to bend so it could keep you warm Rest inside the quiet, you were never meant for storm

Chorus

Laura, the whole wide night is holding you so tender and so near Nothing in this hour could ever bring you harm or fear You are the calm that every branch bends down to shelter Laura, sleep, for you are loved and you are dear

Outro

The canvas settles slow above you as the wheels grow still Sleep now, Laura, safe beneath the green and gentle hill

Verse 1

A yellow light is warming the corner of the wall It spreads so slow and gentle while the evening starts to fall The whole wide room grows softer as the quiet wraps it all And nothing in this house tonight will trouble you at all

Pre-chorus

The dark outside is nothing, it can never reach this deep There's nowhere safer waiting than the space you have to sleep So let the hush come closer as your eyes begin to keep

Chorus

Laura, the light is holding you like something rare and true Every corner of this room was made to shelter you Laura, there's a warmth that only settles in for you Sleep now, little Laura, there is nothing left to do

Verse 2

The wall remembers every glow that ever touched it soft It keeps the colour of the evenings we have known aloft You are the reason this whole house feels lifted up and loft No storm has ever found a home in rooms you're kept in oft

Chorus

Laura, the light is holding you like something rare and true Every corner of this room was made to shelter you Laura, there's a warmth that only settles in for you Sleep now, little Laura, there is nothing left to do

Bridge

Breathe slow now, let the evening carry all its weight for you There's a whole night waiting gently just to watch you through

Chorus

Laura, the light is holding you like something rare and true Every corner of this room was made to shelter you Laura, there's a warmth that only settles in for you Sleep now, little Laura, there is nothing left to do

Outro

The yellow light will stay here warming softly on the wall Watching over Laura until morning comes to call

Verse 1

Far off a window catches one slow beam of light I watch it cross the dark and think of you Nothing out there could ever hold what you mean to me There's no beam bright enough to match you

Pre-chorus

The night is wide but you are closer than the stars Every hush in this room is bending toward your bed Close your eyes now, love, and let the quiet in

Chorus

Laura, sleep is coming soft to find you Nothing in this house will let you fall You're the warmest light in all the darkness Laura, you're adored above them all

Verse 2

The beam moves on and fades behind the far hill's edge But you stay lit up here inside my chest Nothing distant matters half as much as your small breath You're the one thing I would never let rest

Pre-chorus

The night is wide but you are closer than the stars Every hush in this room is bending toward your bed Close your eyes now, love, and let the quiet in

Chorus

Laura, sleep is coming soft to find you Nothing in this house will let you fall You're the warmest light in all the darkness Laura, you're adored above them all

Bridge

Let every worry drift out past the window glass You are held so gently, you don't have to ask

Chorus

Laura, sleep is coming soft to find you Nothing in this house will let you fall You're the warmest light in all the darkness Laura, you're adored above them all

Outro

Somewhere that beam still sweeps a window far and grey But you are here with me, safe and sound, always