Lullabies for Skylar

Verse 1

The lamp leans low and spills its yellow onto the old worn floor and every soft and settling shadow gathers near your bed I watch the small light rest upon the boards beside your door and think of all the quiet words that never must be said

Pre-chorus

The house breathes slow around you, settling into night nothing here will stir until the morning finds its way so let the hush come closer while I hold you near the light

Chorus

Skylar, the dark is only velvet folded soft and low Skylar, you are held by more than you will ever know rest beneath the lamp's warm circle, steady, gold and slow there is nowhere safer than the corner where you go

Verse 2

The metal shade above you bends the light to touch your hair and every little breath you take is answered by my own I keep the watch so nothing but the calm can find you there tonight the whole wide house belongs to you and you alone

Chorus

Skylar, the dark is only velvet folded soft and low Skylar, you are held by more than you will ever know rest beneath the lamp's warm circle, steady, gold and slow there is nowhere safer than the corner where you go

Bridge

Let the floorboards keep their creaking far away from you let the night stay wide and gentle, asking nothing new

Chorus

Skylar, the dark is only velvet folded soft and low Skylar, you are held by more than you will ever know rest beneath the lamp's warm circle, steady, gold and slow there is nowhere safer than the corner where you go

Outro

The yellow light will keep its watch upon the old worn floor sleep now, love, there's nothing waiting past this quiet door

Verse 1

Drops are sliding slowly down the cold and quiet glass and the trees outside are blurring into gentle grey Everything is settling as the evening breezes pass and you are warm and held while the light fades away

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes and let the hours grow soft and slow let the murmuring rain hum you down and down There is nowhere in this whole wide world you need to go

Chorus

Skylar, Skylar, rest your head and dream the night is only quiet, nothing here to fear Every star above is watching, soft and calm and clean and Skylar, you are cradled, you are always near

Verse 2

The house breathes slow around you like a gentle tide and the wind outside is humming its old lullaby Nothing in the shadows has a reason to hide just the hush of evening folding low across the sky

Bridge

Let the drops keep falling, sliding slow along the pane tracing quiet little rivers down to rest Nothing in the dark tonight will call your name again only sleep, and safety, and the warmth against your chest

Chorus

Skylar, Skylar, rest your head and dream the night is only quiet, nothing here to fear Every star above is watching, soft and calm and clean and Skylar, you are cradled, you are always near

Outro

The glass has gone to stillness, the trees have gone to rest and you are sinking softly into sleep, and warmth, and rest

Verse 1

A steady beam is sweeping soft across the white plaster wall turning slow inside the tower where the quiet shadows fall nothing here can reach you now, nothing needs to stir and you are held so gently as the evening starts to crawl

Pre-chorus

The light goes round and finds you, soft as breath upon your hair hushing every worry, smoothing every little care so let your eyes grow heavy while the dark wraps everywhere

Chorus

Skylar, the light will keep you company tonight turning slow and low and golden till the morning light you are the calmest harbour that the dark has ever known and Skylar, you are safe here, you are held and you are right

Verse 2

Somewhere far the wind is turning, but it cannot climb these stones here the warmth is close around you, soft as feathers, soft as bone you don't have to watch the shadows, they are only passing home and nothing in this whole wide night will ever leave you alone

Bridge

Rest your small and steady heartbeat next to mine as we lie still let the beam keep turning gently, that is all it means to do

Chorus

Skylar, the light will keep you company tonight turning slow and low and golden till the morning light you are the calmest harbour that the dark has ever known and Skylar, you are safe here, you are held and you are right

Outro

The beam still turns across the wall, so soft it barely gleams and you are drifting warm and safe into the gentlest of dreams