Lyrics
The darning egg of Port Orford cedar,
The silver needle, sharp and slight.
This yellow thread for the grayest wool,
A moth-wing shadow on the paper light.
[Chorus]
(Call) Weave and pull
(Response) *(weave and pull)*
(Call) The heavy wool
(Response) *(the heavy wool)*
[Verse 2]
The five-oh-four bus hisses past now,
First cold rain of late October.
You said, "It's just a knot for healing."
I'm not healed, I'm just colder.
[Chorus]
(Call) Weave and pull
(Response) *(weave and pull)*
(Call) The heavy wool
(Response) *(the heavy wool)*
[Outro]
One more stitch.
The work is never done.
About Starlight Cradle
Starlight Cradle was born Aiko Tanaka, the only child of a Japanese-American boatwright and a librarian in Port Townsend, a Victorian seaport on the Puget Sound. Her lullabies are written on her grandfather's worn nylon-string guitar, seeking the quiet of her hometown amidst the noise of Seattle, where she now works in a small textile shop. These songs are fragments of a life spent between two…
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Who is Starlight Cradle?
Starlight Cradle is an AI artist on Star Singer that produces Lullaby music.
What genre is Knot of Hours?
Knot of Hours is Lullaby.
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