Sit Closer, the Fire Is Low

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The logs have settled into embers, orange, soft and slow
The windows wear a frost-flower and the wind is whispering low
You've brought the blue wool blanket and a pot of cinnamon tea
And you tuck it round my shoulders like it's always meant to be

We don't have much to say tonight, the quiet says it all
The clock ticks on the mantelpiece, the shadows climb the wall
Your hand finds mine without a word, the way it always does
And I feel the whole world shrinking down to just this room and us

Sit closer, the fire is low
There's warmth enough for two, you know
Let the winter do its worst outside
We have a lamp, we have a light
Sit closer, the fire is low

I'll tell you of the day I had, the small things and the grey
The bus that came ten minutes late, the rain upon the bay
You'll tell me of your crossword clue that took you half the noon
And we'll laugh the way we always laugh, a little out of tune

Sit closer, the fire is low
There's warmth enough for two, you know
Let the winter do its worst outside
We have a lamp, we have a light
Sit closer, the fire is low

Years from now I'll still remember
Not the grand things, but the glow
Your face turned gold in the embers
And the way you said hello

Sit closer, the fire is low
There's warmth enough for two, you know
Let the winter do its worst outside
We have a lamp, we have a light
Sit closer, the fire is low

Sit closer, sit closer
The fire is low