Lullabies for Saoirse

• Yellow Ticket Light

  Vibraphone drift · Vibraphone · Drifting · Soft

  A slow vibraphone lullaby for winding down at bedtime, built from ticket stubs fogging down a warm window, that keeps circling back to how deeply this small person is loved.

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  Verse 1

  Warm little stubs of yellow slide the glass so slow tonight the radiator hums a tune that only knows one line fog blooms across the window like a breath held soft and long you're wrapped in every colour that the lamplight has to give

  Pre-chorus

  Hush now, let the ticking of the pipes become your song nothing in this room can reach you, nothing sharp or wrong close your eyes and drift where all the golden light is going

  Chorus

  Saoirse, the window's breathing slow and warm above your head Saoirse, the whole wide night has settled into bed fiercer than the cold outside, this love that holds you here sleep now, little Saoirse, there is nothing left to dread

  Verse 2

  Somewhere past the glass the streets are folding into grey but here the radiator keeps the small dark hours at bay yellow stubs are sliding down like slow forgotten stars you are held so closely nothing far can find its way

  Bridge

  Rest your head where all the warmth has gathered just for you let the fog erase the world until there's only two

  Chorus

  Saoirse, the window's breathing slow and warm above your head Saoirse, the whole wide night has settled into bed fiercer than the cold outside, this love that holds you here sleep now, little Saoirse, there is nothing left to dread

  Outro

  The yellow light still slides so soft above the radiator's hum sleep now, you are held, and morning waits till you are done

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• Soft as Ash

  Kalimba night · Kalimba · Plucked · Small

  A slow, settling lullaby for Saoirse, using the gentle hush of embers cooling to sleep as a picture of a night kept warm and safe.

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  The fire is folding down to a whisper in the grate There's nothing left to burn that needs your worry now Every spark has said its piece and settled soft and slow Saoirse, you can let the day go, easy, anyhow

  Pre-chorus

  Somewhere warm the last light bends and gives its heat away Nothing in this house is asking you to hold your breath So close your eyes and let the quiet carry what you weigh

  Chorus

  Saoirse, hush now, let the small flame lower There's no fiercer thing than how you're loved tonight Saoirse, sleep is only warmth grown slower You are held here, safe until the light

  Verse 2

  The tray beneath the grate will catch what softly falls Grey and light, it settles without a single sound You don't have to hold yourself together anymore Let the day dissolve and lay its edges down

  Chorus

  Saoirse, hush now, let the small flame lower There's no fiercer thing than how you're loved tonight Saoirse, sleep is only warmth grown slower You are held here, safe until the light

  Bridge

  Nothing needs to keep on burning bright to still be dear Even resting, you are certain, you are known

  Chorus

  Saoirse, hush now, let the small flame lower There's no fiercer thing than how you're loved tonight Saoirse, sleep is only warmth grown slower You are held here, safe until the light

  Outro

  The ash lies soft and quiet where the fire used to be Sleep just as gently, Saoirse, safe and warm with me

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• The Striped Wall Fading

  Cello cradle · Cello · Low · Warm

  A slow cello lullaby for settling Saoirse into sleep, sung by whoever is tucking them in.

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  Verse 1

  The striped wallpaper softens as the lamp light starts to fade Beside the white door closing on the tumbled busy day You breathe here safe and steady in the quiet that we've made There's nothing in this room tonight that wants to lead you astray

  Pre-chorus

  Let your small hands loosen, let the day slip from your hold Feel how the dark grows gentle, how the warmth begins to fold Around you like a promise that was never left untold

  Chorus

  Saoirse, the night is soft and it is only holding you Nobody fiercer guards a heart than sleep tucked round you too Saoirse, the shadows on the wall are turning kind and slow Rest now, Saoirse, there is nowhere safer that you'll go

  Verse 2

  The stripes along the wallpaper are melting into grey Colours going gentle as the light gives up its say You've nothing left to carry now, so let it drift away There's only breath and blankets and the hush before the day

  Pre-chorus

  Let your small hands loosen, let the day slip from your hold Feel how the dark grows gentle, how the warmth begins to fold Around you like a promise that was never left untold

  Chorus

  Saoirse, the night is soft and it is only holding you Nobody fiercer guards a heart than sleep tucked round you too Saoirse, the shadows on the wall are turning kind and slow Rest now, Saoirse, there is nowhere safer that you'll go

  Bridge

  Somewhere past that closed white door the whole wide world can wait You are not required to meet it until later, until light Nothing needs you but your rest, no reason and no weight Just the dark, and you within it, held and safe tonight

  Chorus

  Saoirse, the night is soft and it is only holding you Nobody fiercer guards a heart than sleep tucked round you too Saoirse, the shadows on the wall are turning kind and slow Rest now, Saoirse, there is nowhere safer that you'll go

  Outro

  The striped wall fades to darkness by the closed and quiet door Sleep now, you are cradled here, and loved, and nothing more

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