Lullabies for Timothy

• Carriage Lights on Black Hills

  Flute and pad · Flute · Airy · Floating

  A gentle bedtime song that turns a distant train's hum into a promise of safety, sung to settle a young child named Timothy into sleep.

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  Verse 1

  Far off the steel tracks are humming low and slow tonight Carriage lights are crossing black hills one by one You are wrapped up warm where nothing in the dark can bite Rest here in the quiet till the darkness comes undone

  Pre-chorus

  Every light that travels far still finds its way back home The hum beneath the hills is just the world's own steady breath So let your small hands settle, you don't have to roam

  Chorus

  Timothy, the night is holding you like cinnamon tea Soft and warm and closer than the quiet symmetry Nothing out there in the dark can come and trouble thee Timothy, you're safe as any hymn to thee

  Verse 2

  Somewhere on the hillside a window glows and drifts from view The tracks keep humming softly long after lights are gone You don't need to follow them, there's nowhere you must go to Just let the hum become the sound you're sleeping on

  Bridge

  Every hill will keep its shape till morning comes around Every train arrives somewhere, so let that thought lie down

  Chorus

  Timothy, the night is holding you like cinnamon tea Soft and warm and closer than the quiet symmetry Nothing out there in the dark can come and trouble thee Timothy, you're safe as any hymn to thee

  Outro

  Far off the steel tracks hum their last and gentle sigh Sleep now, little light, beneath the same wide sky

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• Cinnamon Tea

  Rain and piano · Rain · Piano · Hushed

  A slow, quiet lullaby for sending Timothy off to sleep, built around the small orange glow that watches over the room at night.

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  Verse 1

  A little orange dial glows soft on the sideboard tonight Beside a mug gone cool but still holding its light You are curled up warm where the shadows agree Nothing in this room wants anything but peace for thee

  Chorus

  Timothy, Timothy, drift now and rest Close up your eyes, you are held, you are blessed Sleep finds you gentle as cinnamon tea Timothy, sleep is a hymn sung to thee

  Verse 2

  Outside the window the rain keeps its own quiet time Falling so soft it could pass for a lullaby's rhyme You breathe out slow and the whole house leans near Nothing will wake you, there's nothing to fear

  Pre-chorus

  Somewhere the piano lets one small note fall Soft as a hand smoothing over it all Hold onto sleep now, it's calling you still

  Chorus

  Timothy, Timothy, drift now and rest Close up your eyes, you are held, you are blessed Sleep finds you gentle as cinnamon tea Timothy, sleep is a hymn sung to thee

  Bridge

  Every small light in this room burns for you alone Watching you settle like something well known No need to wander, no need to be strong

  Chorus

  Timothy, Timothy, drift now and rest Close up your eyes, you are held, you are blessed Sleep finds you gentle as cinnamon tea Timothy, sleep is a hymn sung to thee

  Outro

  That small orange dial will keep watch till the morning is due And this whole quiet house will go on loving you

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• White Curtains, Timothy

  Accordion cradle · Accordion · Old world · Gentle

  A slow, breath-soft lullaby for winding down a night with Timothy, built around white curtains drifting in the moonlight.

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  Verse 1

  The white curtains lift and settle over the wooden floor tonight Moonlight is pouring soft and quiet across the sleepy room Somewhere beneath that gentle drifting you are held and warm And every breath you take is proof that nothing here means harm

  Chorus

  Timothy, Timothy, close your eyes and drift with me Nothing in this quiet house could ever wish you harm There is no corner of this dark that isn't kind to Timothy So rest here soft and easy in the shelter of my arm

  Verse 2

  The floorboards hold the moonlight like they're keeping it just for you Cool and pale and steady while the whole wide house stays still Nothing needs to happen now, no reaching and no rush Just this slow and easy breathing, quiet as the hush

  Pre-chorus

  Listen how the curtain breathes in time with you, so slow Nothing in the shadows wants to see you go Sleep is only drifting somewhere warmer than you know

  Chorus

  Timothy, Timothy, close your eyes and drift with me Nothing in this quiet house could ever wish you harm There is no corner of this dark that isn't kind to Timothy So rest here soft and easy in the shelter of my arm

  Bridge

  You are the calm the whole room leans towards Held closer than the moonlight holds the floor

  Chorus

  Timothy, Timothy, close your eyes and drift with me Nothing in this quiet house could ever wish you harm There is no corner of this dark that isn't kind to Timothy So rest here soft and easy in the shelter of my arm

  Outro

  The white curtains will keep drifting long after you're asleep Watching over you so gently while the quiet house you keep

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