Lullabies for Solomon

Verse 1

Grey ash is falling soft over embers turning to rest Warmth still hums low in the stone where the fire burned best Nothing tonight has to hurry, nothing has to be strong You are held here like the glow that the dark cannot test

Pre-chorus

Brass is cooling slow by the grate where the small light bends Quiet is closing its hand round the day as it ends Somewhere beneath all that hush, your breathing is starting to slow

Chorus

Solomon, sleep while the embers turn grey in the night Nobody's counting the hours, there's no need to fight You are the warmth that stays after all the flames are gone Solomon, rest, you were always the column of light

Verse 2

Somewhere a fender is cooling from red into something calm Sleep moves the same way, so easy, so slow, like a psalm Nothing will ask you for answers, nothing will ask you to run You're safe in the hush that is holding you soft as a palm

Bridge

Let the last small spark go quiet, let your shoulders fall There's nothing to hold onto now but the dark and my call

Chorus

Solomon, sleep while the embers turn grey in the night Nobody's counting the hours, there's no need to fight You are the warmth that stays after all the flames are gone Solomon, rest, you were always the column of light

Outro

Ash settles soft where the embers were burning so bright Sleep now, the warmth stays with you through the whole quiet night

Verse 1

Flakes are drifting slow past the lamp beyond the glass and every one comes down to lay its head like you softness catching light in a hush too kind to pass you're warmer than the whitest thing this whole night through

Chorus

Solomon, the dark is only resting on the sill Solomon, my hands will keep you steady and you're still nothing out there needs to trouble you tonight you're held so close no cold could ever reach or chill

Verse 2

Outside the window turns to feathers, soft and slow watching sills grow quiet under all that falling white you don't need to know the wind or where it goes just how my arms will keep you folded in tonight

Pre-chorus

Let your eyes grow heavy as the sky forgets its blue sleep is only snowfall settling soft on you and morning waits so gently just beyond this room

Chorus

Solomon, the dark is only resting on the sill Solomon, my hands will keep you steady and you're still nothing out there needs to trouble you tonight you're held so close no cold could ever reach or chill

Bridge

Every flake outside will settle where it's meant to lie and you were always meant to rest right here with me

Chorus

Solomon, the dark is only resting on the sill Solomon, my hands will keep you steady and you're still nothing out there needs to trouble you tonight you're held so close no cold could ever reach or chill

Outro

Sleep now while the window keeps its white and quiet glow you are warmer than the snow could ever know

Verse 1

Dark branches sway above you, gentle as a held breath and raindrops tap the hood like tiny songs against the wet every drop is soft and far away from where you lie tucked in warm and closer than the wide and darkened sky

Pre-chorus

Let the wind go wandering through the leaves and let it roam nothing out there wants to follow you or find you far from home close your eyes now, let the hush come rolling in like foam

Chorus

Solomon, the rain is falling slow and soft tonight hush now, Solomon, and let the dark be kind and light you are held, you are warm, you are safe here in my arm nothing in this whole wide world will ever bring you harm

Verse 2

The branches lean like they are listening for your breath and every drop that falls is small and gentle as a wish the night has wrapped its quiet round this little place we made and nothing here will hurry you or ask you to be brave

Chorus

Solomon, the rain is falling slow and soft tonight hush now, Solomon, and let the dark be kind and light you are held, you are warm, you are safe here in my arm nothing in this whole wide world will ever bring you harm

Bridge

Sleep can be a small boat drifting easy on the tide and you will always find me sitting right here by your side let the raindrops be the rhythm rocking you to rest

Chorus

Solomon, the rain is falling slow and soft tonight hush now, Solomon, and let the dark be kind and light you are held, you are warm, you are safe here in my arm nothing in this whole wide world will ever bring you harm

Outro

The branches still sway soft above you, hushed and slow sleep now, little Solomon, and let the whole world go