Broly Boy

[Verse 1]
You came home in a cardboard crate
Big brown eyes
Paws too straight
You tripped on the rug
Slid across the floor
Like you’d been there
All along at my door
You slept in a curl by my shaking knees
Heard every doubt
Every quiet plea
You chased my shadows from room to room
Sat by the shower
Guard at the gloom
[Chorus]
Broly boy
My brave best friend
You were my beginning
You were my mend
Every rough road
You ran beside
Tongue hanging out
That sideways stride
Broly boy
You saved my days
With your crooked grin and your silly ways
You taught my broken heart to grow
Then you had to go
[Verse 2]
You learned my laugh
You learned my cries
Nudged my hand when I hid my eyes
You’d steal my socks
Then bring them back
Tail like thunder
On that hardwood track
We measured years in chewed-up toys
Coffee spills and backyard joy
Eight full summers
Eight short springs
Fur on the couch
And car ride wings
[Chorus]
Broly boy
My brave best friend
You were my beginning
You were my mend
Every rough road
You ran beside
Tongue hanging out
That sideways stride
Broly boy
You saved my days
With your crooked grin and your silly ways
You taught my broken heart to grow
Then you had to go
[Bridge]
I still set down
An extra bowl
Still hear your tags
In the hallway roll
I call your name
In an empty room
But I feel you there
Pulling me through
[Chorus]
Broly boy
My brave best friend
You were my beginning
You were my mend
Every rough road
You ran beside
Tongue hanging out
That sideways stride
Broly boy
I say your name
In every small joy
In every pain
You gave me more than you could know
So I let you go
[Outro]
Goodnight
Broly boy
Run on ahead
I’ll meet you someday
Where the path is red
Till then I carry
The love you left
Curled like you
Inside my chest

Warm acoustic pop ballad; gentle fingerpicked guitar and soft piano under intimate female vocals. First verse sparse, then light percussion and subtle pads enter on the chorus for lift. Second verse adds low strings and harmony doubles on key phrases. Final chorus swells with stacked vocals and a simple glockenspiel line, then drops to a quiet guitar-and-voice outro button., playful