Little Boy Me

Lyrics

[Intro ☕]
(Fingerstyle acoustic guitar, slow singular plucks)
(Harmonics ringing out)

[Verse 1 ☕]
[Energy: Low]
Wrapped up tight in a heavy blanket roll,
Green grass stains on the knees of my jeans.
Sister chasing me down through the yard,
Laughing so hard I could barely breathe.
She pinned my chest to the summer ground,
Tickled my ribs till the teers came down.

[Pre-Chorus 🎙️]
[Energy: Building]
And the bell would ring and the yard would clear,
Leaving me out in the atmosphere.

[Chorus 🕊️]
[Crescendo]
Arms open wide on the empty blacktop,
Catching the wind as the school day stops.
Swore I could fly if I just let go,
Leaving the earth and the dirt below.
Dreaming so deep I'd lose my gravity,
Drifting away in the canopy.

[Verse 2 ☕]
[Energy: Low]
(Sparse guitar plucks)
Screen door slams with a sharp, heavy thud,
Stepmom says, "Go find somewhere to play."
Sci-fi paperback tucked in my coat,
Found an oak tree just to hide away.
Reading of stars and of distant skies,
While the afternoon slowly wanders by.

[Chorus 🕊️]
[Energy: Moderate]
Arms open wide on the empty blacktop,
Catching the wind as the school day stops.
Swore I could fly if I just let go,
Leaving the earth and the dirt below.
Dreaming so deep I'd lose my gravity,
Drifting away in the canopy.

[Bridge 🎙️]
[Energy: Building]
(Guitar picking quickens)
I was always scared to look down from the edge,
Trembling at the top of the stairs.
But climbing up that white birch, branch by branch,
I didn't have a single worry or a care.
Safe inside the cradle of the wood,
High up in the sky where I belonged.

[Guitar Solo 🎸]
(Melancholic fingerstyle melody, expressive)

[Outro ☕]
[Tempo: Lento]
Just a white birch and a paperback,
(Guitar slowing down, singular plucks)
Trouble coming back down...
Trouble coming back to earth.
[Fade Out]