[Verse 1]
Hushabye, little flame, London lights are low
River keeps your secrets where the cold winds go
I once sang this softly through a sheltered night
When dragons crossed the sky and turned the world to white
Now I sing it farther where the wheat fields bend
But every broken hour knows how wars can end
Sleep now, little soldier though you do not know
Your mother once learned how the night could grow
[Chorus]
Sleep, my little flame, safe from sky and steel
No ancient wing can touch the way I feel
Rest, my little flame, let the dark be tame
All the worlds I’ve known still call you by your name
[Verse 2]
I left old London under burning rain
Met a man of banners forged in iron pain
Strongcastle hands and England’s fading light
Built you from the ashes of a divided fight
And though the world kept changing at the seam
I carried lullabies across the dream
From blitz-lit streets to Twosun’s golden land
Still I hold you gently in a mother’s hand
[Chorus]
Sleep, my little flame, safe from sky and steel
No ancient wing can touch the way I feel
Rest, my little flame, let the dark be tame
All the worlds I’ve known still call you by your name
[Verse 3]
I still recall the warning bells at night
Blackout curtains, trembling lantern light
We learned to sleep while skies were torn apart
And hold our fear like embers in the heart
So when you shake beneath the weight you bear
I know the shape of terror in the air
But listen close—what never left my side
Was love that learned to wait out any night
[Chorus]
Sleep, my little flame, I am still here
No falling sky can make my voice disappear
Rest, my little flame, let the night grow tame
Even in the dark, I call your name
Sleep, my little flame… you are safe with me
As we were once safe in memory.
[Bridge]
If London burns in memory’s rain
If dragons rise in dreams again
Follow my voice through smoke and time
It will always find you—
it will always rhyme
[Final Chorus]
Sleep, my little flame, though the worlds divide
You were born of storm, but you live inside
Rest, my little flame, let the night reclaim
All I’ve ever loved…
my little flame.
ElCeviche
