[Intro | circular piano cell | celesta/marimba glints | Mix (piano near; colour far; room unfolds)] [Prologue | weightless voice | soft piano/celesta/brush air | Mix (voice closest/driest; band yields; last line clear)] Spring sunlight found me through the shop window and warmed the place where I lay half asleep Then you came close, a scent I'd never known Another patch of sun [Verse 1 | guitar harmonics in gaps | soft bass entry | Mix (conversation forward; light centred gravity; modest room)] Your footsteps are the clock I listen for The curtains stir in the soft morning air I follow your scent through the quiet house and take my usual place beside your chair [Pre-Chorus 1 | long phrases | rising piano/brush lift | Mix (depth/width open; vocal forward; crest free)] You rub your eyes; your voice is full of sleep Before you've even finished saying my name my tail is saying everything at once [Chorus 1 | bright hook | piano lead | fretless sings | light sticks | warm strings | Mix (presence via width, sustain and ensemble lock; low end light)] There's a whole day waiting at the door but just before you let it in I lean a little closer to you and watch your smile begin The world gets bigger every time you smile An ordinary day is more than I can hold There's so much I can never say to you Your hand finds me, and somehow you just know [Interlude | piano cell returns | celesta-marimba glint | Mix (piano foreground; no level jump)] [Verse 2 | Verse 1 contour and timing | natural English stress | Mix (field contracts; vocal/low-mids clear)] When it's only us, the room grows still I curl up in the space you leave for me You tell me things you couldn't tell a soul I listen with my chin against your knee My fur stirs softly where your fingers go I nudge my nose into your open hand A promise made again without a word [Pre-Chorus 2 | Pre-Chorus 1 contour and timing | darker intimacy | Mix (voice nearest; bus releases; breath leads)] I know the tears you turn away to hide the nights when words are hard to find I lie a little closer in the dark and stay here by your side [Chorus 2 | Chorus 1 hook and timing | warmer harmonic circle | restrained ensemble | Mix (warm coherent field; no size inflation)] The world gets bigger every time you smile We make a little circle of our own When something in you trembles, I stay still Until I feel your breathing start to slow [Interlude | piano cell returns | celesta-marimba glint | Mix (clean hinge; source return unchanged)] [Bridge | outside air | whistle replies | sparse piano/bass | pizzicato | cymbal swell | Mix (outdoor width; whistle mid-distance; light centred gravity)] Out on the path, I lift my nose to the wind A little tug; there's so much left to see A few steps on, I turn to look behind and there you are, still smiling back at me [Chorus 3 | core hook | third line two linked phrases | fuller harmony/sustain | calm mid-range voice | Mix (widest coherent field; long line clear; headroom/vocal calm intact)] The world gets bigger every time you smile Another morning's coming into view Your voice goes out across the sky, my tail goes dancing in the wind and all of me comes running back to you The world gets bigger every time you smile An ordinary day is more than I can hold There's so much I can never say to you Your hand finds me, and somehow you just know [Outro | piano cell | celesta shimmer | marimba fades | pulse releases | Mix (width/low-end pressure recede)] [Post-Outro | rhythm absent | close voice | piano reprise | tape echo | unfinished farewell | Mix (voice/piano foreground; dry centre; echo behind; bus releases)] If one day I have to go farther than your hand can reach I hope the morning finds you smiling just like today [Final Outro | piano fragment | distant celesta | reversed pad | no pulse | long tail | Mix (no lift; full warm unresolved tail)]
