Lullabies for Ximena

Verse 1

Somewhere far the metal tracks are humming low and slow carrying a quiet song that only you would know headlights drift across the hill like dreams too shy to stay softly they will fade to grey and carry night away

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes, the world outside has settled into rest every worried thought of yours can lay against my chest hold on to this gentle hush, let it carry you

Chorus

Ximena, the night is holding you so near nothing in the dark tonight will bring you fear you are safe as embankments soft with fading light sleep now, sleep now, Ximena, through the night

Verse 2

The distant hum becomes a hush that wraps around your bed warm as morning sun before the sky has turned to red every sweeping light outside is only passing by none of them could ever match the calm in your soft eye

Chorus

Ximena, the night is holding you so near nothing in the dark tonight will bring you fear you are safe as embankments soft with fading light sleep now, sleep now, Ximena, through the night

Bridge

Rest inside the quiet that the evening brings to you let the tracks hum softer than the things you knew nothing far or fading ever needs to steal your peace

Chorus

Ximena, the night is holding you so near nothing in the dark tonight will bring you fear you are safe as embankments soft with fading light sleep now, sleep now, Ximena, through the night

Outro

The tracks have gone quiet, the light has drifted away you are held here softly until the break of day

Verse 1

The rain slides slow down the glass beside your bed Past the brass latch glowing warm and softly lit Nothing out there can find its way to you Only the hush the quiet dark has spread

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the whole house grow still Let the drops on the window carry you further Down into sleep where nothing needs to be

Chorus

Ximena, the night is holding you gentle and slow Nothing can touch you, nothing needs to know Sleep is a river and you're drifting free Ximena, deeper than dreaming, softer than snow

Verse 2

The latch keeps its shine while the whole room dims Warm little door that holds the cold outside You don't have to open your eyes again tonight Just rest inside the calm that this house gives

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the whole house grow still Let the drops on the window carry you further Down into sleep where nothing needs to be

Chorus

Ximena, the night is holding you gentle and slow Nothing can touch you, nothing needs to know Sleep is a river and you're drifting free Ximena, deeper than dreaming, softer than snow

Bridge

Somewhere the rain keeps falling soft and slow Somewhere you're already halfway into dreaming

Chorus

Ximena, the night is holding you gentle and slow Nothing can touch you, nothing needs to know Sleep is a river and you're drifting free Ximena, deeper than dreaming, softer than snow

Outro

The glass stays quiet, the brass latch holds its glow Sleep now, Ximena, there's nowhere else to go

Verse 1

Amber light is pooling soft across the woven floor tonight Spilling gold beside the radiator's steady hum Everything is dim and slow and gathered in to warmth Ximena, this is where the quiet comes

Pre-chorus

The house breathes low around you, settling as it should Nothing asks for you to wake, nothing asks for you to run Just this hush, this held out hand, before the sleep has come

Chorus

Ximena, close your eyes now, let the amber hold you still Nothing in this quiet room could ever wish you harm You are warmer than the lamplight spilling gold across the sill Ximena, sleep is just another kind of arm

Verse 2

The carpet keeps the shape of you long after you have gone Every fold of it still warm from where you laid your head Somewhere in this house a small light stays on through the dark So you never wake alone or feel afraid

Bridge

Let the whole wide night grow soft and small around your breathing Nothing but the warmth, and you, and no more need for keeping

Chorus

Ximena, close your eyes now, let the amber hold you still Nothing in this quiet room could ever wish you harm You are warmer than the lamplight spilling gold across the sill Ximena, sleep is just another kind of arm

Outro

The amber light will keep on pooling gently while you rest Ximena, you are held here, you are safe, you are the best