Tiny hands, the world is waiting, Soft as dawn upon your face, Every breath feels like a promise, Every tear is a sacred place. There’s a hush between the thunder, A calm before the ache of years, Sleep, my child, the stars are watching, They’ll guard your heart from all your fears. Rest before the storm can find you, Dream before the years unwind you, Love will build its home inside you, Even when it breaks apart. I’ll be near, though time divides us, Hold the warmth the night provides us, When the world forgets your kindness — Remember where you start. You’ll chase the wind with open laughter, You’ll fall and rise and fall again, You’ll learn the weight of what comes after, You’ll curse the light, then beg it in. I can’t protect what life will give you, But I can love you as you are, A fleeting glow, a spark, a whisper — A universe inside one scar. Don’t be afraid of what you’ll lose, The pain will paint your point of view. Rest before the storm can find you, Dream before the years unwind you, Love will build its home inside you, Even when it breaks apart. I’ll be near, though time divides us, Hold the warmth the night provides us, When the world forgets your kindness — Remember where you start. Someday you’ll sing this song again, To someone who won’t understand, That love can hurt the way it heals, And every truth will change your plans. Rest before the storm can find you, Dream before the years unwind you, Love will build its home inside you, Even when it breaks apart. And when the dark comes to remind you, Of all the things you’ve had to lose, You’ll know my heart’s still there beside you — In every shade of you.
