Lullabies for Winnie

• Lace Against the Glass

  Rain and piano · Rain · Piano · Hushed

  A slow, breath-soft lullaby for tucking Winnie into sleep, built around the small striped blanket and the curtain stirring against the cold windowpane.

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  Verse 1

  The curtain lifts and settles like it's breathing with the room and the cold glass holds the starlight while the dark begins to bloom your striped blanket knows the shape of every curl you make you are the softest reason that this whole house stays awake

  Pre-chorus

  Hush now, let the lace fall still against the frosted pane let the wind outside go wandering, it won't come in again there's a warmth here only you could ever bring

  Chorus

  Winnie, the night has room for nothing else but you sleep is just the softest thing that loves you through and through however far the dark goes on, however far it spreads you're the one good thing it's keeping safe above your head

  Verse 2

  Somewhere past the window frost is drawing patterns thin and slow but under all this stripy warmth you're glowing like an ember's glow every little breath you take goes rising like a prayer and it tells this whole quiet house exactly who is there

  Chorus

  Winnie, the night has room for nothing else but you sleep is just the softest thing that loves you through and through however far the dark goes on, however far it spreads you're the one good thing it's keeping safe above your head

  Bridge

  Let the cold stay out beyond the glass where it belongs you were never meant to hear the wind's uncertain songs only ever meant for warmth, for blankets soft and thin

  Chorus

  Winnie, the night has room for nothing else but you sleep is just the softest thing that loves you through and through however far the dark goes on, however far it spreads you're the one good thing it's keeping safe above your head

  Outro

  The lace will keep on drifting soft against the frozen pane and you'll be sleeping warmer than the whole wide world again

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• Brass Key

  Accordion cradle · Accordion · Old world · Gentle

  A slow, close lullaby that follows a small brass key from its dark hook down to the sleeping child it opens the way to, for anyone settling Winnie to sleep.

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  Verse 1

  There's a brass key resting quiet on its little hook tonight And you are the reason it hangs so calm and still Every door in this house has already done its work Now it waits for morning while you rest until you will

  Pre-chorus

  The hallway keeps its shadows soft and folded near the wall No need to wander further, no need to fear at all Close your eyes now, Winnie, let the whole house exhale

  Chorus

  Winnie, Winnie, hush now, sleep is many kinds of kind Not a penny of the dark can touch you where you lie You're the finny little dreamer drifting soft behind your mind Winnie, hold the quiet close and let the night pass by

  Verse 2

  Somewhere in the cabinet the brass is going cool and dim And nothing in this house will need to move till day You are held together by the softest kind of hinge One that only opens when it's time for you to stay

  Bridge

  No key could ever open half of what you carry here Just rest, and let the darkness turn to something near

  Chorus

  Winnie, Winnie, hush now, sleep is many kinds of kind Not a penny of the dark can touch you where you lie You're the finny little dreamer drifting soft behind your mind Winnie, hold the quiet close and let the night pass by

  Outro

  Somewhere a small brass key is hanging steady on its hook Sleep now, Winnie, you are safe in every corner it once took

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• Empty Palm

  Music box · Tender · Delicate

  A hushed music box lullaby for winding down a little one named Winnie, built around the quiet of a bedside chair once the reading is done.

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  Verse 1

  The lamp burns low and gold above your pillow now My hand rests on the chair where you were leaning Your breathing slows to match the creak of woven cane There's nothing in this hour that needs explaining

  Pre-chorus

  Close your eyes before the last page turns to grey Let every worry drift like paper on a stream Hold still, my darling, we are almost to the dream

  Chorus

  Winnie, Winnie, sleep is calling soft and slow Nobody could love you more than I do Rest your small head where the lamplight barely glows Winnie, I will still be here beside you

  Verse 2

  Somewhere past the window all the stars are settling in Your small hand has slipped from mine but stays in reach Even in the dark you're never far from where I sit Sleep will carry you further than my speech

  Chorus

  Winnie, Winnie, sleep is calling soft and slow Nobody could love you more than I do Rest your small head where the lamplight barely glows Winnie, I will still be here beside you

  Bridge

  Let the chair creak once more beneath this quiet weight of love Every hush tonight was made for you alone

  Chorus

  Winnie, Winnie, sleep is calling soft and slow Nobody could love you more than I do Rest your small head where the lamplight barely glows Winnie, I will still be here beside you

  Outro

  The lamp will dim but never leave you in the dark Sleep now, Winnie, safe within this quiet spark

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