Lullabies for Leilani

• Yellow Light on a Green Wool Knee

  Glockenspiel · Twinkling · Simple

  A very slow, quiet lullaby that finds the whole night's warmth in one small lamp glowing through a soft blanket, for settling Leilani to sleep.

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  Verse 1

  Yellow light is falling soft across your bending knee tonight Green wool keeps you gathered in, so drowsy and so light Every little sound has slowed to nothing but your breath Sleep is only kindness now, it never means a thing like death

  Chorus

  Leilani, close your eyes, the lamp will keep on glowing gold Nothing in this quiet house can touch you or grow cold Rest inside the warmth that loves you, hushed and hidden deep Leilani, drift away, Leilani, fall asleep

  Verse 2

  Under all that soft green wool your small knee starts to still Nothing asks a thing of you, no climbing, no long hill You can let the whole day loosen out of every limb Darkness is a gentle room and you were made for him

  Pre-chorus

  Hush now, let the lamplight hold the shape of you a while Nothing but the quiet dark and one small drowsy smile Come and let the night wrap round you soft as any tune

  Chorus

  Leilani, close your eyes, the lamp will keep on glowing gold Nothing in this quiet house can touch you or grow cold Rest inside the warmth that loves you, hushed and hidden deep Leilani, drift away, Leilani, fall asleep

  Bridge

  You are held the way the light holds on to green Soft and slow and certain, never harsh, never mean

  Chorus

  Leilani, close your eyes, the lamp will keep on glowing gold Nothing in this quiet house can touch you or grow cold Rest inside the warmth that loves you, hushed and hidden deep Leilani, drift away, Leilani, fall asleep

  Outro

  Somewhere still that small lamp glows on wool as green as spring You are safe inside its light, however softly you are sleeping

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• The Lace Breathes Slow

  Cello cradle · Cello · Low · Warm

  A gentle bedtime lullaby that watches the curtain move by the warm window and finds in it a picture of how safe this child is kept.

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  Verse 1

  Warm air climbs the glass while the white lace leans and settles Softly it folds back like a hand that will not let go You are curled beneath it, further in than any petal Held closer than the curtain holds the winter's breath of snow

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing in this room can reach you, nothing sharp or loud Only warmth and quiet gathering slowly overhead Only sleep unfolding gently like a soft grey cloud

  Chorus

  Leilani, the night has wrapped its arms around this house Sleep now, little one, there is nowhere safer to be Rest here, Leilani, while the lace breathes calm above you Nothing in the dark can ever come and trouble thee

  Verse 2

  The pane holds the cold outside and lets the warmth stay in here Just like this small room keeps all the noise of night at bay You are the reason every quiet corner feels so dear You are why the whole wide dark can wait until the day

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing in this room can reach you, nothing sharp or loud Only warmth and quiet gathering slowly overhead Only sleep unfolding gently like a soft grey cloud

  Chorus

  Leilani, the night has wrapped its arms around this house Sleep now, little one, there is nowhere safer to be Rest here, Leilani, while the lace breathes calm above you Nothing in the dark can ever come and trouble thee

  Bridge

  Somewhere past the glass the whole world dims its light for you Every star is turning low to watch you drift and dream

  Chorus

  Leilani, the night has wrapped its arms around this house Sleep now, little one, there is nowhere safer to be Rest here, Leilani, while the lace breathes calm above you Nothing in the dark can ever come and trouble thee

  Outro

  Still the lace lifts softly by the warm and steady glass Sleep on, dear one, this quiet night will hold you till it's past

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• A Line of Gold

  Kalimba night · Kalimba · Plucked · Small

  A slow, kalimba-soft lullaby for settling a little one to sleep, built around the thin strip of hallway light that promises someone is close.

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  Verse 1

  A thin line of gold slips under the door tonight reaching across the grey floor to find where you lie softer than a whisper, steady as a tide telling you that someone is near and holding the light

  Chorus

  Leilani, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Sleep is only a doorway, and I'm right behind you never have to wonder if the warmth will stay Leilani, my Leilani, drifting into the tide

  Verse 2

  The floorboards hum so quiet you could mistake it for song cool beneath the golden light that stretches so long nothing out there is waiting, nothing there is wrong you are wrapped in something gentle the whole night long

  Pre-chorus

  Your breath is slowing now, soft as falling snow the hallway light is steady, it isn't going to go hold onto that glow and let your worries go

  Chorus

  Leilani, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Sleep is only a doorway, and I'm right behind you never have to wonder if the warmth will stay Leilani, my Leilani, drifting into the tide

  Bridge

  Even when the house falls silent, even when the night grows deep that thin gold seam will hold its place while you're asleep you are the reason it was ever lit at all

  Chorus

  Leilani, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Sleep is only a doorway, and I'm right behind you never have to wonder if the warmth will stay Leilani, my Leilani, drifting into the tide

  Outro

  The light will still be there when morning finds the floor you are so loved, you never have to ask for more

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