[Verse 1]
I don’t know your face yet
Don’t know your laugh or your cry
But I’m saving little stories
Like stars in a coffee can sky
There’s a room with a half-built cradle
Dust on the window light
I talk to the air beside me
And I say your name in my mind
[Pre-Chorus]
If you ever feel you’re drifting
Like a feather out of place
Remember there’s a porch light burning
A pair of arms, a waiting space
[Chorus]
So come on down, little light of mine
I’ve been making you a world in my spare time
With crooked songs and Sunday rice
Hand-me-down dreams and bad advice
If you ever wonder where you belong
You’re the chorus in my unfinished song
I’ve been writing this love all my life
Dear unborn child, little light
[Verse 2]
I’ve been learning how to listen
To the quiet between my sins
Trying to be the kind of man
That you’d be proud to call your kin
Got a list of the things I’ll tell you
When the night feels too long, too loud
How it’s fine to fall to pieces
And still stand back up somehow
[Pre-Chorus]
If your heart gets heavy-hearted
And the world feels sharp and strange
Just remember every heartbreak
Made me soft enough to change
[Chorus]
So come on down, little light of mine
I’ve been making you a world in my spare time
With kitchen dance steps, kitchen fights
Making up, staying up, long talks at night
If you ever wonder where you belong
You’re the chorus in my unfinished song
I’ve been writing this love all my life
Dear unborn child, little light
[Bridge]
You don’t owe me any answers (oh no)
You don’t have to turn out “right”
Just be honest, be curious
Leave your shadow in the sunlight
If you come here loving someone
I did not expect at all
I’ll just pull another chair up
Love you bigger than my faults
[Chorus]
So come on down, little light of mine
I’ve been making you a world in my spare time
With second chances, softer eyes
Burnt-out days and brave tries
If you ever wonder where you belong
You’re the chorus in my unfinished song
Every breath from now ’til the day I die
Is a letter to you
Dear unborn child, little light (little light)