Liner Notes:

This was a different sort of collab. Lara had left me a message saying how much she liked one of my celtic-type ballads from last year and asked if I wanted to do a collab on something similar. Strangely, I hadn’t intended on doing something like that this year, but since she asked it got my brain going and this is what came out.

Lara added her voice and the awesome harmony vox and made it a much stronger piece. (So much so that if I remix it, I might remove my vocals altogether on the choruses.)

Lyrics:

The truth lays cold
in the hearth tonight
As the sirens
raise the alarms

Heed no sounds
Of the world outside
Be safe here
in my arms

Sleep little child
Though my heart is breaking
Sleep little one
close your eyes in peace

Sleep little child
Don’t heed the worlds shaking
sleep little one
may your dreams never cease

The fire will die
as will the rain
and the day
will dawn again

But sleep away
this forlorn day
let the night
bring nightmares to end

At last remain
in this blessed place
let your days
be free of pain

Let the tears fall down
let the sorrows drown
until only the memories remain