PODVAL

[Verse 1]

Hush, my darling, close your eyes.

Do not listen to the skies.

Giants walking up above

do not know what I'm made of.

I'm too cold to keep you warm,

but I'll keep you from the storm.

Lie against me, lie right here.

I've held worse than this, my dear.

[Chorus]

I am scared, just like you are.

I have never seen a star.

I can't make the thunder cease.

I can't give you any peace.

But I'll hold the whole house up

till the giants have enough.

[Verse 2]

Put your ear against my chest.

Hear that? That's my heart. Now rest.

When I shake, it isn't me.

That's just giants walking. See?

There is dust now in your hair.

I'm just old. It's nothing. There.

My one light has gone to sleep.

You should sleep too. Do not weep.

[Chorus]

I am scared, just like you are.

I have never seen a star.

I can't make the thunder cease.

I can't give you any peace.

But I'll hold the whole house up

till the giants have enough.

[Verse 3]

There's a house upon my back.

I can hear its timbers crack.

I am old, and it is late.

Everything above is weight.

If the rest of me gives way,

I will hold this corner. Stay.

[Outro]

All the giants went to bed.

Something's shining overhead.

There's your face. I see you now.

I held on. I don't know how.

There's no house. There is the sun.

Nothing on my back. It's done.

Wake up, darling. Hush is through.

Someone's coming down for you.

Go on up into the light.

I'll stay here. I'll be all right.