Feathered Forever

Verse 1 You fold the morning in your palm like it’s a secret thing, spill the coffee, laugh the way the small birds learn to sing. There’s a pencil mark on my arm for every time you stay, one for every tiny promise that you never take away. Pre Keep your coat, keep your keys, keep the corner of the couch, I’ll keep the map of us carved in the back of my mouth. Chorus Feathered forever — hold me like you won’t let go, we’ll float through storms with pockets full of who we know. Call the world a thousand times, I’ll answer every bell, feathered forever — baby, stay and let me tell. Verse 2 You hum the same old lullaby to the plants on the sill, tell me all the reasons tomorrows shouldn’t haunt you still. If the sky decides to fade, I’ll stitch a brighter hue, take the small things that you doubt and turn them into glue. Pre Tape the cracks, mend the seams, stitch the night with satin thread, I’ll be the hands that hold the weight of everything you said. Chorus Feathered forever — hold me like you won’t let go, we’ll float through storms with pockets full of who we know. Call the world a thousand times, I’ll answer every bell, feathered forever — baby, stay and let me tell. Bridge (drop to near-spoken, breathy; then lift) When your map gets lost, I’ll be the north, I’ll be the map, I’ll coin a little miracle from every tiny gap. If silence comes to visit, we’ll build a louder house, I’ll pack up all the doubts and teach them how to rouse. Final Chorus (bigger, gang vocals/harmonies) Feathered forever — hold me like you won’t let go, we’ll float through storms with pockets full of who we know. Shout it from the window, write it on the stair — feathered forever — say you’ll always be there.