Lullabies for Sandra

Verse 1

White flakes are sticking softly to the glass tonight Somewhere down the hall a floorboard gives a gentle creak You are wrapped in blankets, held so warm and tight This is the hour where the whole wide world grows meek

Pre-chorus

The candle by your bed is burning low and slow Every little sound has softened into hush So close your eyes now, let the quiet grow

Chorus

Sandra, Sandra, sleep is calling you to rest There is nothing waiting that could ever bring you harm You are the softest thing that this house has blessed Sandra, drift away inside the quiet and the warm

Verse 2

The window holds the night like something kind and slow Snow keeps falling gently with no place to be You don't need to wonder where the morning goes Sleep is just a boat that carries you to me

Bridge

Every creak and hush is only the house breathing near Nothing in this dark has ever meant you fear

Chorus

Sandra, Sandra, sleep is calling you to rest There is nothing waiting that could ever bring you harm You are the softest thing that this house has blessed Sandra, drift away inside the quiet and the warm

Outro

The flakes are settling softer now against the pane Sleep well, little one, till morning comes again

Verse 1

A sliver of light waits under the door tonight Yellow carpet glowing soft and low and warm and bright Nothing in this room will stir before the day is due Everything out there is standing watch for you

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the day go still and slow There is nowhere safer than the place you are, you know Just this quiet, just this glow, and one more breath to go

Chorus

Sandra, hush now, let the dark be kind and slow Nothing in the whole wide house will let you go Sandra, sleep, the light stays on until you wake Every corner of this house is yours to take

Verse 2

Somewhere past the door the house breathes soft and slow Keeping every worry far away, however small it grows You are held here tighter than the blankets ever could Sleep as deep and easy as you always should

Bridge

No shadow finds a way past the love that fills this room Rest now, let the whole wide night hum you back to bloom

Chorus

Sandra, hush now, let the dark be kind and slow Nothing in the whole wide house will let you go Sandra, sleep, the light stays on until you wake Every corner of this house is yours to take

Outro

That thin gold line will still be glowing when you rise Waiting there to greet the morning in your eyes

Verse 1

Silver shadows drift so slowly over the plaster above your head watching you breathe there so quiet and so slow nothing in this room would ever wake you now only the hush that loves you, gentle and low

Pre-chorus

The light on the ceiling is moving just for you soft as a hand that smooths the day away waiting to carry you where the dreams begin

Chorus

Sandra, the dark is only a blanket pulled up warm nothing will trouble you, nothing will call you are the safest thing that this house has ever known Sandra, you're held here whatever may fall

Verse 2

The wooden cot creaks soft like it's humming just for you rocking you slower than any lullaby could every small breath you take is a promise kept that you are loved simply because you are you

Bridge

Rest now, let the silver keep its watch above you nothing needs your eyes tonight, nothing at all

Chorus

Sandra, the dark is only a blanket pulled up warm nothing will trouble you, nothing will call you are the safest thing that this house has ever known Sandra, you're held here whatever may fall

Outro

Sleep now, while the shadows keep sliding overhead you are the reason this whole house holds still