My Pika, My Pika (Track 2)

[Pre-Chorus]
Then he saw you there
In a room made too small
Eyes like a bright spark
After a long dark fall
He said, "too rare you are"
You said, "I know"
And something in the silence
Started to grow

[Chorus]
My pika, my pika
Small light in my hands
My pika, my pika
Teach me your plans
I can't take the place
Of the love you still hold
But I'll walk next to you
When the winter gets cold
My pika, my pika
Stay close, stay near
I'll be your tomorrow
And your soft new year

[Verse 2]
You carry a name
Like a tucked-away song
A canoe left at shore
And a river running on
He never asked you
To bury your star
He just held a space
In the shape of your heart
Made you looked back
At a door long gone
The dull sparks glowing
In your evening dawn

[Pre-Chorus]
So he gave you his coat
When the wind cut through
Not to hide your past
Just to walk with you
He said, "I won't be
That face in the frame
But I can be the hand
That knows your name"

[Bridge]
Years rolled over them
Like weeds in the wind
The ache got quieter
But it never quite thinned
Then one tiny heartbeat
Lit up their room
A second little dawn
In a peach-colored bloom
She held that small life
He laughed through tears
And the house filled up
With the sound of years

[Final Chorus]
My pika, my pika
Small light in my hands
My pika, my pika
Now we understand
I can't take the place
Of the love you still hold
But I walked next to you
And our future took hold
My pika, my pika
Sleep close, sleep near
We made a new morning
In our little dear

[Outro]
And there in the crib
A soft new song
Two broken roads
Made whole and strong

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[Verse 1] He spent years on the road With dust on his shoes Train towns and dead ends With a pocket full of you Names came and went Like cars in the window Still he kept his flame close So it could burn out slow [Pre-Chorus] Then he saw you there In a room made too small Eyes like a bright spark After a long dark fall He said, "too rare you are" You said, "I know" And something in the silence Started to grow [Chorus] My pika, my pika Small light in my hands My pika, my pika Teach me your plans I can't take the place Of the love you still hold But I'll walk next to you When the winter gets cold My pika, my pika Stay close, stay near I'll be your tomorrow And your soft new year [Verse 2] You carry a name Like a tucked-away song A canoe left at shore And a river running on He never asked you To bury your star He just held a space In the shape of your heart Made you looked back At a door long gone The dull sparks glowing In your evening dawn [Pre-Chorus] So he gave you his coat When the wind cut through Not to hide your past Just to walk with you He said, "I won't be That face in the frame But I can be the hand That knows your name" [Chorus] My pika, my pika Small light in my hands My pika, my pika Teach me your plans I can't take the place Of the love you still hold But I'll walk next to you When the winter gets cold My pika, my pika Stay close, stay near I'll be your tomorrow And your soft new year [Bridge] Years rolled over them Like weeds in the wind The ache got quieter But it never quite thinned Then one tiny heartbeat Lit up their room A second little dawn In a peach-colored bloom She held that small life He laughed through tears And the house filled up With the sound of years [Final Chorus] My pika, my pika Small light in my hands My pika, my pika Now we understand I can't take the place Of the love you still hold But I walked next to you And our future took hold My pika, my pika Sleep close, sleep near We made a new morning In our little dear [Outro] And there in the crib A soft new song Two broken roads Made whole and strong

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