Lullaby Songs for Margaret

Verse 1

I hear the far wheels clicking soft along the iron track and I pull the blanket higher and I tuck it at your back the whole wide dark can rumble but it cannot reach this room because you are the warmest thing inside this quiet gloom

Pre-chorus

The sound is going somewhere but you never have to go you can let your eyelids fall as slow as falling snow and drift a little further while I hum the hush I know

Chorus

Margaret, Margaret, the night is soft and wide there is nowhere safer than right here at my side sleep and let the distance carry all its noise away Margaret, you are held here until the break of day

Verse 2

Somewhere down the valley a train is easing out of sight carrying its little lamps like fireflies through the night but you don't need to follow it, you don't need to roam this small and steady heartbeat is the only place called home

Pre-chorus

The sound is going somewhere but you never have to go you can let your eyelids fall as slow as falling snow and drift a little further while I hum the hush I know

Chorus

Margaret, Margaret, the night is soft and wide there is nowhere safer than right here at my side sleep and let the distance carry all its noise away Margaret, you are held here until the break of day

Bridge

Let the tracks keep singing far beyond the windowpane you are not the traveller, you are the one who stays wrapped in every softness that this small room can contain

Chorus

Margaret, Margaret, the night is soft and wide there is nowhere safer than right here at my side sleep and let the distance carry all its noise away Margaret, you are held here until the break of day

Outro

The wheels have faded quiet somewhere past the window glass and you are already sleeping, safe as any dark can pass

Verse 1

Streetlights lay their yellow bars across the strap and the floor Slow and gold they slide along, so quiet, so unafraid You are curled up warm and small behind the buckled door Nothing in this hush can touch you, Margaret, nothing frayed

Pre-chorus

Breathe now, let the light keep moving, let your eyes grow tame Every bar that crosses over carries you the same Closer now to sleep, to safety, closer to your name

Chorus

Margaret, the dark is only resting light Margaret, I will keep you near and warm Nothing here will ever give you fright You are held here safely till the morn

Verse 2

Somewhere past the window, night keeps its slow and even pace Every bar of gold that passes leaves your small face still You don't need to watch it, love, you don't need to trace I will hold the hush around you, gentle as a hill

Bridge

Let the strap lie loose, let the day unwind and fold Sleep is just the light grown soft, the dark grown kind and slow

Chorus

Margaret, the dark is only resting light Margaret, I will keep you near and warm Nothing here will ever give you fright You are held here safely till the morn

Outro

The bars have gone to amber now, so soft they barely gleam Sleep now, Margaret, safe and warm, and drift into your dream

Verse 1

Black water laps so softly against the painted wood and I am holding you close where nothing else can reach the night is wide and quiet and it means you no harm you are the small warm miracle asleep upon this beach

Chorus

Margaret, the dark is only resting, the same as you hush now, Margaret, there is nothing here to fear every star tonight was lit to watch over you sleeping Margaret, my love, you are the reason I am here

Verse 2

The little boat rocks gently, tied and safe upon the tide and you rock with it, breathing slow beneath the blanket's weight nobody in the whole wide world is loved the way you are so close your eyes, my darling, let the quiet do the rest

Pre-chorus

Somewhere the water settles and the wind forgets to blow and you are curled so warm against the beating of my heart so let the night come nearer, it has somewhere soft to go

Chorus

Margaret, the dark is only resting, the same as you hush now, Margaret, there is nothing here to fear every star tonight was lit to watch over you sleeping Margaret, my love, you are the reason I am here

Bridge

Sleep now, and know you are held by more than just my arms the whole night leans in close to keep you safe and warm

Chorus

Margaret, the dark is only resting, the same as you hush now, Margaret, there is nothing here to fear every star tonight was lit to watch over you sleeping Margaret, my love, you are the reason I am here

Outro

The water goes on lapping soft against the painted wood and you sleep on inside it, safe as anything could be