Lullabies for Yusuf

Verse 1

Somewhere a branch is bending low beneath the weight of night dark green leaves are swaying slow, so easy and so slight one small drop of dew is holding tight before it falls and you are held here just as close, and just as right

Pre-chorus

Everything is settling now, the dark is soft and kind hush is falling gentle as the quiet fills the room closer now, and closer still, to where the dreams begin

Chorus

Yusuf, the night is folding warm around you nothing can reach you, nothing means you harm hold onto sleep the way the leaf holds dew Yusuf, you're safe here, resting in my arm

Verse 2

The branch will bend and never break beneath so light a thing stillness moves so slowly that you barely feel it start sleep is gathering soft and low, the way the dew will cling and you are carried gently now, so near my heart

Chorus

Yusuf, the night is folding warm around you nothing can reach you, nothing means you harm hold onto sleep the way the leaf holds dew Yusuf, you're safe here, resting in my arm

Bridge

Rest now, let the whole dark hush and slow there is nowhere you need to be but here

Chorus

Yusuf, the night is folding warm around you nothing can reach you, nothing means you harm hold onto sleep the way the leaf holds dew Yusuf, you're safe here, resting in my arm

Outro

Somewhere that branch is still and full and low sleep now, and let the quiet hold you close

Verse 1

Look how the flakes come sticking soft against the pane tonight Piling up so gently in the hush of falling light Everything outside is turning quiet, turning slow While you stay so warm here, safer than the snow

Pre-chorus

The glass is cold but you are wrapped in so much care Nothing sharp or hurried ever gets to reach you there So close your eyes and let the soft dark hold you near

Chorus

Yusuf, the night is only kindness in disguise Sleep now, and let it settle gently on your eyes No storm can find you here, no wind, no wintry tough You're held as warm and steady as a feather puff

Verse 2

The window keeps the white world far away from you Locked out beyond the glass where cold and quiet grew Inside it's only breathing, slow and soft and true This little room was always built to shelter you

Chorus

Yusuf, the night is only kindness in disguise Sleep now, and let it settle gently on your eyes No storm can find you here, no wind, no wintry tough You're held as warm and steady as a feather puff

Bridge

Let every flake outside just drift and settle, slow There's nothing you need chase, there's nowhere you need go Rest here where all the hush of winter comes to rest

Chorus

Yusuf, the night is only kindness in disguise Sleep now, and let it settle gently on your eyes No storm can find you here, no wind, no wintry tough You're held as warm and steady as a feather puff

Outro

The flakes are falling softer now, the glass has gone still Sleep on, and know you're loved beyond what words could fill

Verse 1

Down where the water meets the pebbles soft and slow white foam is curling gently under moonlight thin and pale you are the calm that settles after all that ebb and flow and every breath you take tonight is such a quiet tale

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the tide pull far away hush now, little one, the dark is soft and kind sleep is coming closer with the ending of the day

Chorus

Yusuf, the moon is watching over you tonight hold onto nothing, let the stillness take your hand you're the softest hush inside the fading light safe as pebbles resting underneath the sand

Verse 2

Somewhere the foam is settling where the dark rocks lie stars are folding gently into one long silver thread you are held here safely as the hours drift on by rest now in the quiet that surrounds your sleepy head

Pre-chorus

Close your eyes now, let the tide pull far away hush now, little one, the dark is soft and kind sleep is coming closer with the ending of the day

Chorus

Yusuf, the moon is watching over you tonight hold onto nothing, let the stillness take your hand you're the softest hush inside the fading light safe as pebbles resting underneath the sand

Bridge

Nothing in the night will ever ask for more than this you are wrapped in something gentle, something true rest inside the hush of one long, easy breath

Chorus

Yusuf, the moon is watching over you tonight hold onto nothing, let the stillness take your hand you're the softest hush inside the fading light safe as pebbles resting underneath the sand

Outro

Foam will keep on curling long after you have gone to sleep you are held forever in the quiet that it keeps