Little Wire Door

(Up-tempo electric guitar intro) Verse 1 (Bright, energetic vocals) I opened up the little wire door One spring morning like the year before You hopped once, then twice, then took the sky Never looked back, never said goodbye The yard felt large and the days felt long Without your chatter to carry along I watched the elm tree bend and sway And wondered where you’d flown away ⸻ Pre-Chorus (Harmony vocals enter) Over rivers, over fields Past every road the map concealed ⸻ Chorus (Big three-part harmonies) And you came back to the gate After crossing every state After storms and summer heat After finding distant seed You came back to the gate With the world beneath your wings I set you free to learn the sky And now you’ve brought the whole thing home (Guitar fill) ⸻ Verse 2 (Driving rhythm guitar) You nested near a lighthouse wall Learned the calls of birds I’d never known at all Rode the wind above the fishing boats And slept on cliffs where the cold sea broke You crossed the plains when the harvest came Followed weather instead of names Found your way through rain and dust Following nothing but your trust ⸻ Pre-Chorus (Rising harmonies) Past the mountains standing tall You kept your course beyond them all ⸻ Chorus (Full harmonies, stronger) And you came back to the gate After circling half the earth After seeing things I’ll never see After learning what you’re worth You came back to the gate With the years inside your song I set you free to find your way And now you’re teaching mine ⸻ Bridge (Half-time feel, vocal harmonies featured) Some said you’d never return Some said the sky would change you But every mile you traveled Only carried you closer (Ascending harmony stack) Closer Closer Closer home ⸻ Guitar Break (Interlocking lead guitars, melodic bass featured) ⸻ Final Chorus (Biggest harmonies of the song) Yes, you came back to the gate Not because you had to stay Not because the world was small Or there was nowhere else to go You came back to the gate By your own and certain choice With the wind still in your feathers And a hundred stories in your voice ⸻ Outro (Repeated harmonies over ringing guitars)