Lullabies for Ottilie

• Blue Wax, Slow Light

  Rain and piano · Rain · Piano · Hushed

  A slow, hushed lullaby for settling Ottilie down at night, built around a candle's melting glow and the warmth of being watched over.

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  Verse 1

  A small blue flame is leaning low and soft against the dark its wax runs down and pools inside the silver saucer's mark you watch it drift the way your breathing settles into rest and every little sigh you make is one I love the best

  Pre-chorus

  Hush now, let the light burn slower than a sleepy tune let your eyes grow heavy like the shadows on the room and drift a little further toward the hush that's calling you

  Chorus

  Ottilie, the candle dims but you are held and warm sleep is just a gentle boat that carries you from harm Ottilie, I'll watch the wax curl soft around the rim while you go sailing off to sleep on nothing but a whim

  Verse 2

  The saucer holds the melted blue like water holds the moon you curl up small and certain like a bud before it's bloomed nothing in this quiet house would ever let you fall I'm here to catch you gently if the dark feels far too tall

  Pre-chorus

  Hush now, let the light burn slower than a sleepy tune let your eyes grow heavy like the shadows on the room and drift a little further toward the hush that's calling you

  Chorus

  Ottilie, the candle dims but you are held and warm sleep is just a gentle boat that carries you from harm Ottilie, I'll watch the wax curl soft around the rim while you go sailing off to sleep on nothing but a whim

  Bridge

  Rain is tapping soft against the glass to sing you low piano notes are falling slow like light I won't let go you are safe inside this small and steady glow

  Chorus

  Ottilie, the candle dims but you are held and warm sleep is just a gentle boat that carries you from harm Ottilie, I'll watch the wax curl soft around the rim while you go sailing off to sleep on nothing but a whim

  Outro

  The last blue drop has settled still inside its silver ring and you have found the quiet place where only dreaming sings

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• Green Light, Soft Static

  Vibraphone drift · Vibraphone · Drifting · Soft

  A gentle bedtime lullaby that turns the faint glow and hush of an old radio into a promise of safety, sung softly to settle a little one called Ottilie into sleep.

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  Verse 1

  A small green light is humming low behind the cloth keeping its quiet company while the house breathes soft the static hushes down into a slow and even tide and you are held here safer than a candle in a moth

  Pre-chorus

  The dial glows the colour of the last calm hour nothing needs to happen now, nothing needs more just this warm and folding dark, just this drifting door

  Chorus

  Ottilie, the night has come to carry you along Ottilie, you're wrapped inside its low and steady song the whole wide world has quieted its worry and its roar just for you, Ottilie, so soft it can't go wrong

  Verse 2

  Somewhere past the static there's a voice too far to name but it hums the way the tide hums, always just the same and you don't need to answer it, you don't need to try you can rest inside the hush like rain upon a pane

  Pre-chorus

  The dial glows the colour of the last calm hour nothing needs to happen now, nothing needs more just this warm and folding dark, just this drifting door

  Chorus

  Ottilie, the night has come to carry you along Ottilie, you're wrapped inside its low and steady song the whole wide world has quieted its worry and its roar just for you, Ottilie, so soft it can't go wrong

  Bridge

  Let the small green light be all the light you need tonight let the hush be just a blanket, softly tucked and tight you are so completely loved you couldn't ever doubt it sleep now, nothing in the dark could ever be about it

  Chorus

  Ottilie, the night has come to carry you along Ottilie, you're wrapped inside its low and steady song the whole wide world has quieted its worry and its roar just for you, Ottilie, so soft it can't go wrong

  Outro

  The green light dims but stays, still humming soft and low and you sleep on inside it, safe wherever dreams may go

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• Yellow Light on the Wall

  Glockenspiel · Twinkling · Simple

  A gentle glockenspiel lullaby that turns a passing train's light into a promise of safety, written for anyone settling Ottilie down to sleep.

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  Verse 1

  A train slips by far off and paints the wall in gold The light goes sweeping slow across the room and then it's gone You watch it drift like something soft that no one has to hold And still you are the calmest thing this quiet house rests on

  Pre-chorus

  The house breathes low, the night pulls in its edges close and warm Nothing out there in the dark can reach this little bed So let the hush come nearer, let it settle without harm

  Chorus

  Ottilie, the whole wide night is holding you tonight Sleep is just a small boat and you are drifting light Nothing in the shadows here will ever dim your glow Ottilie, my Ottilie, the safest place I know

  Verse 2

  The wallpaper goes quiet once the train has gone from sight And the room settles back into its ordinary grey But something of that gold still seems to linger in the light Like the feeling that I get when I watch you drift away

  Bridge

  Rest your small hands, let your breathing slow and settle deep There is nothing in this world that gets to keep you up Every worry waits outside the door of where you sleep

  Chorus

  Ottilie, the whole wide night is holding you tonight Sleep is just a small boat and you are drifting light Nothing in the shadows here will ever dim your glow Ottilie, my Ottilie, the safest place I know

  Outro

  Somewhere far a train rolls on and takes its light away But you stay golden in this room until the break of day

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