[Intro]
Soft foot on cold boards, breathe low, breathe slow
Lantern oil like moonlight, a bunk, a name we know
[Verse 1]
Midnight bunks creak; a tin cup slides on wood (10)
Whispered codes at the seam where every rumor stood (12)
You fold the coin my father left inside your palm (11)
It glints like tiny truth — a token, quiet, calm (10)
Scar on your knuckle from the glass of your first fall (11)
I mapped the bruise into a lesson on the wall (11)
We say the numbers soft — six, seven, eyes to left (11)
You learn to keep your silence like a secret kept (11)
Ration stew, boiled black, the kettle sings of home (10)
We teach the hush, the craft, the weight of being known (11)
[Chorus]
Sleep, little shadow, keep still (6)
Hush now, we'll show you how (6)
(repeat)
[Verse 2]
You tie the cord around your wrist — a faded thread (10)
It smells of smoke and old rain, the promises we shed (11)
A photograph in a pocket — a smile cut in half (11)
You press your thumb to paper like a prayer, like glass (10)
Night lessons: bend the noise, move like a question, slow (11)
We trace the map by moonlight where the soft winds never blow (12)
Your breath finds rhythm with the locker locks and locks (11)
I hum the lullaby that's stitched between the blocks (11)
The camp smells of cedar and the oil from a blade (11)
But you keep looking small, like a child afraid (10)
[Chorus]
Sleep, little shadow, keep still (6)
Hush now, we'll show you how (6)
(repeat)
[Bridge]
I taught you how to vanish, not to vanish who you are (12)
There’s a choice in every silhouette — to rise or scar (11)
When dawn peels back the sky, you'll choose what kind of light (11)
Will you hold that coin like hope, or trade it for the night? (12)
My voice breaks like the matches we keep under the bed (11)
I swore I'd not replace a father with a bullethead (12)
So when they call your name for work behind the wall (10)
Remember: some wars keep the heart and never fall (11)
[Chorus — Variation]
Sleep, little shadow, keep still (6)
Hush now, we'll show you how (6)
Hold close what keeps you human now (8)
[Verse 3 — Intimate Detail]
Late letters folded tight, stamped with no return (11)
You trace the ink like geography of what you learn (11)
A bunkmate hums a bar that matches your small breath (11)
You count the ceiling tiles like days till not-forget (11)
A name scratched on the bench, a nick from childhood’s dare (10)
We all have hands that tremble, marks that make us care (10)
I wrap your doubts in blankets 'til the cold subsides (11)
Teach you the difference between duty and the lies (11)
[Chorus]
Sleep, little shadow, keep still (6)
Hush now, we'll show you how (6)
(repeat)
[Outro]
When the camp bell folds the night back into ash (11)
Carry that coin, that photograph, don't let them crash (11)
We'll move like murmurs, like a promise that won't break (11)
But if you ever falter, remember I was awake (11)
Sleep, little shadow — keep the ember in your palm (10)
Hush now, keep your heartbeat measured, h
