[Verse 1]
Close your eyes
Little Dearest
Day’s gone blind
Let it fade
There’s a quilt on your shoulders
And a prayer in the boards of this place
Dream of moss on the branches
Soft and damp on your cheek
Crickets counting the shadows
While the hillside rocks you to sleep
[Chorus]
Glowing fireplace watches over you
Tiny sparks float up
Like they know your name
If the wind taps hard on the window frame
I’ll be right here
And the glowing fireplace watches over you
[Verse 2]
Hear that low river breathing
Through the cracks in the wall
All the wild things are listening
But they won’t cross this hall
Let the dark keep its secrets
Let the owls guard the pines
You just follow that ember
Till it burns right into your mind
[Chorus]
Glowing fireplace watches over you
Tiny sparks float up
Like they know your name
If the wind taps hard on the window frame
I’ll be right here
And the glowing fireplace watches over you
[Bridge]
If you wake to the groan of the floorboards (hush now)
It’s the house saying “I am old but I’m strong”
If you dream of a hand in the hallway (hush now)
It’s your shadow just looking for home
[Chorus]
Glowing fireplace watches over you
Tiny sparks float up
Like they know your name
If the storm claws wild at the windowpane
I’m still right here
And the glowing fireplace watches over you