Planet in a Plastic Sky

[Verse 1] You turn the wheel, one silver squeak A satellite where the hours sleep Seed crumbs scatter across your floor Little stars by the cardboard door You burrow down, then reappear A small eclipse, and suddenly clear Every twitch makes the whole room start Drawing constellations around your heart [Pre-Chorus] Under the nightlight’s amber blue The quiet sky belongs to you [Chorus] We’ll follow your light, no matter how small Across your plastic sky, across the wall You’re a planet in a plastic sky With a universe behind your eyes We’ll follow your light, soft and small You make a wonder of it all [Verse 2] You nibble once, and the planets turn A crumb on your whiskers, a star that burns Your bedding shifts like a drifting moon You make a sunrise in the afternoon Tiny paws leave a trail through the hay Then freeze as if listening far away We give every silence a secret name And watch your little orbit begin again [Pre-Chorus] Beside the bars, our faces glow Learning the places you never go [Chorus] We’ll follow your light, no matter how small Across your plastic sky, across the wall You’re a planet in a plastic sky With a universe behind your eyes We’ll follow your light, soft and small You make a wonder of it all [Bridge] Late night, the kettle clicks downstairs Nobody speaks, nobody dares We gather close in our pajamas and wait While you climb the ramp at a quarter past eight One squeak, one blink, one rustle of thread A whole new cosmos turns overhead And for one breath, the family knows How far a tiny creature goes [Final Chorus] We’ll follow your light, no matter how small Across your plastic sky, across the wall You’re a planet in a plastic sky With a universe behind your eyes We’ll follow your light, soft and small You make a wonder of it all [Outro] Sleep, little world, beneath the glow We’ll keep your quiet orbit close