Chicken Nugget (Nine Lives Never Enough)

[Verse 1]
Little queen of the hallway
Tiny paws on the wood floor
Stealing fries from the takeout
Guarding socks like they’re hardcore
You’d stare me down at the doorway
Like, “Human, you know the drill”
Bowl better stay overflowing
Or curtains catch it for real (yeah)
[Chorus]
Chicken Nugget
You were smaller than your name
Still you ran this whole apartment
Like a lion in a frame
Chicken Nugget
Every scratch upon my hand
Is a love note that you left me
I still feel it where I stand
[Verse 2]
[Male rap]
You’d post up on my laptop, shut it
Like, “Put that down, come scratch my stomach”
Flip that tail when I changed the channel
Acting like you handled every scandal
You were chaos, you were calm on my chest
Purr so loud, you were drowning my stress
Now your spot by the window is empty and cold
But you live in the stories I’ll keep getting told
[Pre-Chorus]
[Female vocal]
I still hear you jump from the chair in the dark
I still talk out loud when I pass your mark
All those little hairs on my favorite sweater
That’s the part of you that keeps me together (yeah)
[Chorus]
Chicken Nugget
You were smaller than your name
Still you ran this whole apartment
Like a lion in a frame
Chicken Nugget
Every scratch upon my hand
Is a love note that you left me
I still feel it where I stand
[Bridge]
[Male + Female call and response]
Did you find a sunbeam up there? (I hope it’s warm, I hope it’s bright)
Are you chasing every shadow? (Every ribbon, every light)
If you get a box in heaven (you’ll climb in, curl up, fall asleep)
Just remember we’re still down here
Holding every memory
[Chorus]
Chicken Nugget
You were smaller than your name
But you filled this whole big planet
Like a flame in pouring rain
Chicken Nugget
When I laugh, when I cry
You’re the paw print on my heartbeat
You’re the star in my sky
[Outro]
Soft goodnight, little monster
You can rest, you can roam
Every time we say “Chicken Nugget”
That’s you
Coming home (oh)

rap, Emotional rap-rock duet; live drums lock with gritty distorted bass and chunky guitars. Male vocal spits melodic rap in the verses, female vocal soars on the hook and answers with harmonies. Chorus explodes with wide gang-style shouts, then drops to half-time bridge with reverb-drenched guitars and intimate close-mic vocals before final big lift., female vocals, rock, male vocals