[Intro – tanpura drone, distant bansuri] [Verse 1] Let the night be wide Let it have the room For every wandering thought That followed you You don’t have to send it home You don’t have to ask it why Let it pass across the dark Like a bird across the sky [Instrumental – bansuri] [Chorus] Rest here Where nothing needs your name Rest here Where nothing stays the same The dark is not an empty place It holds what you release Let the night be wide enough To carry you to sleep [Verse 2] Somewhere a window closes Somewhere a light goes out Somewhere the world keeps turning Without your help tonight And everything you didn’t do Will still be there at dawn You can close your eyes now The night will carry on [Instrumental – bansuri and soft humming] [Chorus] Rest here Where nothing needs your name Rest here Where nothing stays the same The dark is not an empty place It holds what you release Let the night be wide enough To carry you to sleep [Outro – voice almost whispered] Let it be wide Let it be still Let it carry What you will [long instrumental fade]
