Lullabies for Ophelia

• Slow Wheels Home

  Ambient wash · Ambient · Pads · Breathy

  A gentle bedtime lullaby that follows the slow roll of tyres over wet gravel as a quiet way of saying how safely this child is held.

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  Verse 1

  The tyres turn so slowly on the gravel by the trees and the branches lean above us in the softest breeze you are curled up warm beside me, nothing needs to stir every mile tonight is quiet, every road is sure

  Chorus

  Ophelia, close your eyes now, let the night be still there is nowhere you should be but here upon this hill Ophelia, you are treasured more than you could ever see sleep and know that you are loved as deeply as can be

  Verse 2

  The wet stones hush the wheels until we barely make a sound and the dark leans low and gentle wrapping softly all around nothing hurries where we're going, nothing needs to rush or fly you can rest inside this moment, let the whole wide world go by

  Pre-chorus

  Listen to the slow wheels turning, calm and even, calm and true feel how nothing in this darkness means a single harm to you hold that feeling closer, closer, let it carry you to

  Chorus

  Ophelia, close your eyes now, let the night be still there is nowhere you should be but here upon this hill Ophelia, you are treasured more than you could ever see sleep and know that you are loved as deeply as can be

  Bridge

  Somewhere branches dip so low they brush the roof above cradling this small journey like a promise, like a love nothing far and nothing waiting, only this soft ride

  Chorus

  Ophelia, close your eyes now, let the night be still there is nowhere you should be but here upon this hill Ophelia, you are treasured more than you could ever see sleep and know that you are loved as deeply as can be

  Outro

  The wheels have slowed to nothing now, the branches still and low rest here in the quiet, dear, and let the whole world go

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• Wool and Rain

  Clarinet nightlight · Clarinet · Woodwind · Round

  A slow, breath-length lullaby for settling a young child at bedtime, built around the softness of knitted wool and the hush of rain on the glass.

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  The wool slides soft across the denim on my knee Rain taps the window like it's humming just for you Nothing out there can reach this quiet little room There's no place safer in the world than here with me, Ophelia

  Pre-chorus

  Your breathing slows to match the rain against the glass Your small hand curls around a thread of grey and blue Hold on to nothing, let the whole wide night pass through

  Chorus

  Ophelia, the dark is only resting, not unkind Every raindrop falls to say that you are seen Somewhere warm is where you'll always be, Ophelia Sleep now, you're the softest thing this house has ever known

  Verse 2

  The lamp is low and everything it touches turns to gold Denim holds the warmth of hands that won't let go Listen how the rain forgets to ever knock too loud It only wants to keep you company till you're gone under, Ophelia

  Bridge

  Wherever this rain has been, it came here to find you Every thread I've pulled tonight was pulled to keep you warm

  Chorus

  Ophelia, the dark is only resting, not unkind Every raindrop falls to say that you are seen Somewhere warm is where you'll always be, Ophelia Sleep now, you're the softest thing this house has ever known

  Outro

  The wool has stilled, the rain has softened to a hush Sleep now, Ophelia, you were loved before the dark began

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• A Small Light Under You

  Flute and pad · Flute · Airy · Floating

  A gentle bedtime lullaby imagining a soft beam of light beneath the mattress, keeping quiet watch as the child drifts off to sleep.

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  Verse 1

  There's a thin little light tucked under where you're lying small and steady, it never makes a sound it just wanted to stay close while you're sleeping holding still while the dark wraps gently round

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing needs to move now, nothing needs to stir the whole room is breathing slow around your rest and something quiet is watching over you

  Chorus

  Ophelia, the light beneath you keeps its glow just for you, so soft, so low you are held by more than you can see Ophelia, sleep on, safe as safe can be

  Verse 2

  Somewhere past your pillow the whole house settles down every corner leaning in to keep you warm you don't have to know why you feel so certain only that no small thing can come to harm

  Chorus

  Ophelia, the light beneath you keeps its glow just for you, so soft, so low you are held by more than you can see Ophelia, sleep on, safe as safe can be

  Bridge

  Let your breathing find that long slow tide let your hands go loose, let your eyes stay closed there is nothing out here bigger than this quiet

  Chorus

  Ophelia, the light beneath you keeps its glow just for you, so soft, so low you are held by more than you can see Ophelia, sleep on, safe as safe can be

  Outro

  That small light will still be glowing when you wake soft as ever, holding steady just for you

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