Lullabies for Maeve

• Wings at the Window

  Harp lullaby · Harp · Gentle · Flowing

  A gentle harp lullaby that turns the soft flutter of moth wings at the porch light into a promise of safety, sung softly to carry a little one named Maeve into sleep.

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  Verse 1

  A small wing taps the lamp glass out beyond the ivy vine The garden folds its shadows in and settles for the night You're wrapped up warm where nothing sharp or cold can reach your spine Sleep is close and calling soft, so gentle and so right

  Chorus

  Maeve, the dark is only velvet drawn across the sill Every moth that circles home is dreaming of your rest Close your eyes, Maeve, and let the whole wide house go still You are the warmest light of all, you are the very best

  Verse 2

  The ivy holds the porch light gently in its climbing hands No harm can find you here beneath this quiet sheltered eave Somewhere past the hedges soft the falling darkness lands And nothing in the whole wide night has come to make you grieve

  Pre-chorus

  Hush now, let the humming wings grow slower than before Feel the warmth pooled underneath the blanket at your feet There's nothing you need reach for, nothing you need more

  Chorus

  Maeve, the dark is only velvet drawn across the sill Every moth that circles home is dreaming of your rest Close your eyes, Maeve, and let the whole wide house go still You are the warmest light of all, you are the very best

  Bridge

  Softer now than wingbeats, softer than the porch light's hum Nothing in this whole wide night could ever wish you harm

  Chorus

  Maeve, the dark is only velvet drawn across the sill Every moth that circles home is dreaming of your rest Close your eyes, Maeve, and let the whole wide house go still You are the warmest light of all, you are the very best

  Outro

  The last small wing has folded now against the sleeping vine Sleep on, Maeve, you are held, you are entirely mine

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• A Beam to Keep

  Soft piano · Piano · Soft · Sleepy

  A slow, soft lullaby for settling a very young child to sleep, built around a light sweeping the ceiling as the room grows quiet and safe.

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  Verse 1

  A yellow beam is sliding slow across the plaster white it slips behind the net curtains and softens into night you watch it drift and settle like it knows just where to go and I am watching only you, my calmest, quietest glow

  Pre-chorus

  Your breathing slows to match the hush that settles on the floor the beam has found the corner where it rested there before so close your eyes, my darling, there is nothing at the door

  Chorus

  Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

  Verse 2

  Somewhere past the window edge the whole wide world is turning slow but here the air is quiet and it lets your breathing show curl a little closer now, let every worry fall away you are the softest reason I keep watch until the day

  Pre-chorus

  Your breathing slows to match the hush that settles on the floor the beam has found the corner where it rested there before so close your eyes, my darling, there is nothing at the door

  Chorus

  Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

  Bridge

  Sleep can hold you gentle as a tide that will not break nothing in this quiet room will ever ask you to wake

  Chorus

  Maeve, the light is dimming soft to keep you safe till morning hush now, little Maeve, there is no need for warning you are held here, you are wanted, you are warm beneath this roof and every gentle shadow here is only love, in truth

  Outro

  That same soft beam will find the ceiling long after you are dreaming and you will still be loved here, quiet, safe, and always gleaming

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• The Wool You'll Grow Into

  Cello cradle · Cello · Low · Warm

  A gentle bedtime lullaby built around a soft old blanket left over the armrest in the dark, sung to soothe a little one named Maeve to sleep.

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  Verse 1

  The wool blanket sits knotted over the chair, waiting for morning Nobody moves it tonight, the whole room has gone quiet and slow Somewhere under it your small hands once learned how to hold on There's a softness in this house tonight that only you could bring

  Pre-chorus

  The lamp is dim now and the hush is settling into the walls Nothing in this room is asking anything at all of you Just the dark, and the quiet, and the shape of you drifting down

  Chorus

  Maeve, the whole night bends in close to keep you safe Every corner of this room was made to hold you, Maeve Sleep can find you gently here, there's nowhere else to be Nothing in the dark tonight was ever built to make you brave

  Verse 2

  Somewhere a door clicks shut and the house folds in around you Warm air settles slow across the blankets piled beside your bed You breathe out longer now, further down into the pillow Small as you are tonight, you are the centre of this whole house

  Bridge

  Rest your worries by the chair, let the wool blanket keep them Nothing needs deciding now, nothing needs to be carried

  Chorus

  Maeve, the whole night bends in close to keep you safe Every corner of this room was made to hold you, Maeve Sleep can find you gently here, there's nowhere else to be Nothing in the dark tonight was ever built to make you brave

  Outro

  The blanket stays right where it fell, still warm from your hands Sleep now, little one, morning will find you exactly here

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