Intro (soft humming with distant night insects and faint birdsong ambience) Verse 1 Soft the nightingale calls Beyond the garden wall Through silver leaves and moonlit air Where quiet shadows fall The candles flicker low tonight The fire breathes in gold And every weary wandering thought Grows softer in the cold Chorus Sleep now gently The night will carry you Like willow branches swaying slow Beneath the falling dew Let your breathing loosen slowly Let the dark grow kind and deep The stars still keep their patient watch While tired hearts find sleep Verse 2 The old house hums beneath the wind Floorboards settling low And somewhere near the open window Moonflowers bloom below No need to hold the world tonight No need to stay awake Even aching hearts deserve A little peace to take Bridge Some songs are not meant to awaken sorrow Only guide it quietly toward rest Final Chorus Soft the nightingale calls Through the slowly fading night And all the weary things below Grow gentler in its light So close your eyes now Let silence drift and weave The dawn will come in its own time There is nothing left to grieve tonight Ending (soft humming with distant birdsong and breeze ambience) Mmmmm… Sleep now… Mmmmm…
