Lullabies for Otto

• Yellow Moth

  Rocking chair waltz · Waltz · Rocking · Slow

  A slow rocking waltz for settling Otto to sleep, built around a moth circling a warm lamp overhead as a picture of watchfulness and love.

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  Verse 1

  A little yellow moth is circling the lamp above your bed It only wants to rest there in the warmth and gentle light And I will stay here watching till your eyes grow soft and heavy Because you are the reason I am holding on so tight

  Chorus

  Otto, Otto, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this whole wide house would ever cross your door You are held so gently, Otto, deep within my mind Sleep now, little Otto, you are all that I adore

  Verse 2

  The moth has found its warm spot on the bulb above the pillow It doesn't need to wander when it's found the place it's from Just like you against my shoulder, soft as any low willow You are home before you're anywhere, my quiet little one

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  Let the wings above you settle, let the whole wide world grow still Every worry of the daytime melts away like breath on glass And I am here beside you now and always will be

  Chorus

  Otto, Otto, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this whole wide house would ever cross your door You are held so gently, Otto, deep within my mind Sleep now, little Otto, you are all that I adore

  Bridge

  Even when the lamp goes dark and the small wings settle down You will still be safe inside the warmth that we have built Nothing about this love of ours was ever borrowed, only found

  Chorus

  Otto, Otto, close your eyes now, let the dark be kind Nothing in this whole wide house would ever cross your door You are held so gently, Otto, deep within my mind Sleep now, little Otto, you are all that I adore

  Outro

  The moth has folded up its wings against the quiet glass Sleep now, Otto, sleep now, this whole soft night will hold you fast

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• Slow Water, Otto

  Vibraphone drift · Vibraphone · Drifting · Soft

  A gentle bedtime lullaby that follows white foam sliding over dark pebbles to say one simple thing: you are held, and nothing tonight can touch you.

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  Somewhere the sea is folding soft foam over stone Pulling it back so slowly nothing ever breaks Every wave that comes tonight has come to lay you down Quiet as the tide that never hurries when it wakes

  Pre-chorus

  Listen how the water forgets to make a sound Feel how the dark is holding you without a sound Close your eyes now, let the whole night settle round

  Chorus

  Otto, the water moves so slow tonight Rocking every pebble it will never leave behind Otto, you are further in than light Safe where the deep and quiet always seem to find

  Verse 2

  Under the foam the pebbles never ask for more Warm in a place the waves have smoothed for years and years You are the shape the whole sea learned to hold before Long before the night forgot to keep its edges clear

  Bridge

  Nothing out there needs an answer, nothing needs a name Only this slow rolling hush that calls you home again

  Chorus

  Otto, the water moves so slow tonight Rocking every pebble it will never leave behind Otto, you are further in than light Safe where the deep and quiet always seem to find

  Outro

  Let the foam keep sliding soft across the dark, dark stone You are already home, and never once alone

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• Slipper by the Door

  Ambient wash · Ambient · Pads · Breathy

  A slow, ambient lullaby for a little one named Otto, built around a single worn slipper waiting by the bedroom door as a symbol of steady, patient love.

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  Verse 1

  One small slipper is waiting quietly beside the open door soft and worn from all the walking that came before nobody needs it now that the house has gone so still it just stays there, keeping watch, the way I watch you more

  Pre-chorus

  The hallway light is dimming down to amber and to gold the whole wide house is folding in around you soft and slow and everything is settling down to hold you

  Chorus

  Otto, Otto, close your eyes and let the night come in feel it settle on your skin like something warm within you are held here, you are safe here, nothing here can harm you rest now, Otto, let the quiet finally begin

  Verse 2

  Somewhere down the hallway floorboards creak and then go still the whole world seems to lean in close to wrap around this room and even shadows here are gentle, soft along the wall they only want to watch you sleeping, calm beneath the moon

  Chorus

  Otto, Otto, close your eyes and let the night come in feel it settle on your skin like something warm within you are held here, you are safe here, nothing here can harm you rest now, Otto, let the quiet finally begin

  Bridge

  Every little sound tonight is only love, moving slow a whisper in the walls that says you're wanted, you are known

  Chorus

  Otto, Otto, close your eyes and let the night come in feel it settle on your skin like something warm within you are held here, you are safe here, nothing here can harm you rest now, Otto, let the quiet finally begin

  Outro

  That worn old slipper still keeps watch beside the open door sleep now, Otto, someone's always waiting close, forevermore

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