Lullabies for Lincoln

• Lincoln, Close Your Eyes

  Clarinet nightlight · Clarinet · Woodwind · Round

  A slow, breath-long lullaby for winding down a little one named Lincoln, built around the warmth of small ankles tucked under a table and the safety of being watched over.

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  Verse 1

  Under the table your small feet are tucked away warm wool fringes brushing soft against you, keeping you from harm The whole loud day has folded down to just this quiet room and nothing in the shadows now can touch you in the gloom

  Pre-chorus

  The candle of the evening burns down low and slow your breathing finds the rhythm that the quiet wants to know and something in you settles as the light begins to go

  Chorus

  Lincoln, Lincoln, let the night come in and hold you tight you are the calm this house was built around tonight Close your eyes and drift on further than you think on there is nowhere safer for you, Lincoln, than to sink on

  Verse 2

  Somewhere past the window the stars are settling to rest and you are held here closer than you'd ever have to guess Every worry of the day has quietly unwound and only soft and steady breathing fills the sleepy sound

  Bridge

  Rest now, little one, the dark is only kind I will keep the watch so you can leave it all behind

  Chorus

  Lincoln, Lincoln, let the night come in and hold you tight you are the calm this house was built around tonight Close your eyes and drift on further than you think on there is nowhere safer for you, Lincoln, than to sink on

  Outro

  The wool is soft, your ankles warm beneath the table still sleep on, Lincoln, safe and held, until the morning spills

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• Lincoln, Close Your Eyes

  Accordion cradle · Accordion · Old world · Gentle

  A slow, breath long lullaby that follows lace shadows across the wall to settle a little one named Lincoln into sleep, sung by whoever is holding them safe tonight.

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  The lace throws its shadow soft across the cream wall tonight Sliding slow as the hours forget how to hurry along Everything in this room is holding you gentle and tight There is nowhere as safe as here where you belong

  Pre-chorus

  The house breathes low around you, easy and slow Every shadow that moves is only the curtain in play Close your eyes now and let the whole wide world go

  Chorus

  Lincoln, the night has come to sink into your skin Nothing can reach you here, nothing can ever win You are the warmest thought that this house has ever known Lincoln, you are held so close, you are never alone

  Verse 2

  The shapes on the wallpaper stretch out and settle like sighs Soft as a hand that is smoothing the day from your brow Every small sound in the dark is only a lullaby Rest now, there is nothing left that you need to do now

  Pre-chorus

  The house breathes low around you, easy and slow Every shadow that moves is only the curtain in play Close your eyes now and let the whole wide world go

  Chorus

  Lincoln, the night has come to sink into your skin Nothing can reach you here, nothing can ever win You are the warmest thought that this house has ever known Lincoln, you are held so close, you are never alone

  Bridge

  Sleep is a small quiet boat and you are safe inside it Drifting on further than any dream could ever roam

  Chorus

  Lincoln, the night has come to sink into your skin Nothing can reach you here, nothing can ever win You are the warmest thought that this house has ever known Lincoln, you are held so close, you are never alone

  Outro

  The lace on the wall has grown still, and so may you now Sleep well, little one, you are held, you are home

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• Amber Light

  Folk cradle song · Folk · Dulcimer · Rocking

  A slow folk cradle song for settling a little one named Lincoln to sleep, using the gentle sweep of a distant light through the blinds as a picture of watchful, steady love.

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  Verse 1

  An amber light turns slowly out beyond the window blind It sweeps across the ceiling and it slips away again You watch it come and go now with your eyes so heavy lined I am right here beside you, closer than the midnight rain

  Pre-chorus

  The whole wide world is quiet, every window dark and still Nothing out there needs you, nothing waits upon the hill So let your breathing slow now, let your busy hands go still

  Chorus

  Lincoln, close your eyes and let the night come drifting in Nothing in the dark can touch the love you're wrapped within Lincoln, you're the calmest thing this tired heart has ever known Sleep now, little Lincoln, you are never here alone

  Verse 2

  That light will keep on turning long after you have gone to sleep It doesn't need your watching, it just wanders round and round You don't have to hold on to a single thing tonight, my sweet Just let the hush arrive now and settle soft and slow and sound

  Bridge

  Somewhere far off a light keeps turning, patient through the dark But nothing out there matters more than the small warm shape you are

  Chorus

  Lincoln, close your eyes and let the night come drifting in Nothing in the dark can touch the love you're wrapped within Lincoln, you're the calmest thing this tired heart has ever known Sleep now, little Lincoln, you are never here alone

  Outro

  The amber light still turns beyond the window, soft and slow Sleep now, you are held here, and you'll always be held so

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