night etymologies

beginning of night and i sing to you about sunshine, i sing to you about dreaming that i held you in my arms, i sing to you about your love calming the waters, i sing to you about being sad no longer, i sing to you about telling stories we wouldn’t tell anyone else, i sing to you about fathers, i sing to you about sunshine, i sing about fathers, i sing about sunshine, son, i decant music to you, when you wake and your body asks mine to return you to sleep i sing to you about sunshine, son, my arms know exactly your weight and your shape, i pace in four-four and i pace in three-four, son, for you i pace in three-four, son, darkness shrinks our world, i sing to you about fathers, you do not have a father, i sing about fathers, you bear the name of my father, son, i sing to you about who would i be without you without him, i wear down the carpet with pacing, i sing to you about sunshine, the whole world is this stretch of carpet, the hours pass, everything becomes lullabies, i sing to you about sunshine, i count your wakes, thank you for waking me, thank you for asking me to return you to sleep, the hours pass, i pace in four-four, i hold your body over the bed in case i fall asleep while pacing, in case i fall asleep while singing, in case i fall, son, for you i have seen every hour, i sing to you about sunshine, i sing that i never thought you’d happen to me, for you i have watched the clock spring forward, for you i have watched the clock fall back, son, return to bed, i sing to you about fathers, return to sleep, i sing to you about sunshine, i see the sun coming, day shakes the dark from her shoulders, son, night has not healed my ills, i never thought you’d happen to me, i sing to you, i sing to you, i sing