[Intro] (music box + coin jingle) Shh… don’t wake the house. I’m only here for what you lost. [Verse 1] Under the pillow, under the hush, I hear your heartbeat—soft like a brush. A tiny gap where your grin used to be, A little secret you left for me. They told you I’m gentle, they told you I’m kind… They didn’t tell you I never fall behind. [Pre-Chorus] (celesta rises) Close your eyes, don’t you peek— Night has manners, night can’t speak. But I can… I can… [Chorus] Silver for your smile, sugar for your fear, Leave it by the moonlight and I’ll appear. One little tooth, one little trade, A promise in a pocket, a wish in the shade. Hush now—darling, don’t cry, don’t fight, I collect what you’re losing… and I make it bright. [Verse 2] I’ve got satin gloves and a velvet laugh, A tiny bell for the midnight staff. I count the teeth like I count the years, Little white stories, little brave tears. You grow, you change, you shed your proof— I keep the fragments of your youth. [Pre-Chorus 2] (whispered lines over tape-warp) A coin for the ache, A charm for the change— But what do I do with the names that remain? [Chorus] Silver for your smile, sugar for your fear, Leave it by the moonlight and I’ll appear. One little tooth, one little trade, A promise in a pocket, a wish in the shade. Hush now—darling, don’t cry, don’t fight, I collect what you’re losing… and I make it bright. [Bridge] (cabaret swell, spoken then sung) They say I’m just a bedtime tale… A trick of light. A lullaby to make the dark feel polite. But I’ve seen what the Storm can steal in a breath— Whole lives like paper, whole love like death. So if time takes your tomorrow, if it bites, if it chews— I’ll hide a piece of you where it can’t be removed. (sung, bigger) A tiny bone, a tiny key, A little “you” you can’t foresee. [Final Chorus] (full arrangement, eerie choir) Silver for your smile, sugar for your fear, Leave it by the moonlight and I’ll appear. One little tooth, one little trade, A future in a pocket, a wish in the shade. Hush now—darling, hold on tight, When the world starts slipping… I’ll keep your light. [Outro] (music box slowing, coin jingle fades) Sleep… and let the night behave.
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