A cloud of eiderdown
Draws around me
Softening the sound.
Sleepy time, and I lie,
With my love by my side,
And she's breathing low.

And the candle dies.

When night comes down
You lock the door.
The book falls to the floor.
As darkness falls
The waves roll by,
The seasons change
The wind is wry.

Now wakes the owl
Now sleeps the swan
Behold the dream
The dream is gone.
Green fields, a cold rain
Is falling, near the golden dawn.

And deep beneath the ground,
The early morning sounds,
And I go down.
Sleepy time, and I lie,
With my love by my side,
And she's breathing low.

And I rise, like a bird,
In the haze, as the first rays
Touch the sky.

And the night winds die.