Heart of a Child

[Verse 1]
I keep your words
Pinned up like wings
Pressed in a book
All crooked strings
I have the heart of a child
At your request
In a jar on my desk
Still beating
Still wild
[Chorus]
Heart of a child
Held up to the light
You call it strange
I call it life
Rekindled youth
With every scoop
Ice cream on a cone
Blood and bone
Say you'll stay a while
With my heart of a child
[Verse 2]
Curtains drawn
Afternoon rain
We laugh too loud
At our own pain
Cut wires on the phone
No one can reach
Just shadow and speech
Two ghosts in their home
[Chorus]
Heart of a child
Held up to the light
You call it strange
I call it life
Rekindled youth
With every scoop
Ice cream on a cone
Blood and bone
Say you'll stay a while
With my heart of a child
[Bridge]
If I gave it back
Would you recognize
Every crack you kissed
Under quiet skies (oh)
If I let it grow
Past this glass and grime
Would you love it still
Stained with you and time
[Chorus]
Heart of a child
Held up to the light
You call it strange
I call it life
Rekindled youth
With every scoop
Ice cream on a cone
Blood and bone
Stay with me
Be defiled
By my heart of a child

rock, Romantic gothic rock ballad with male vocals, chiming baritone guitars over a slow, tom-heavy groove. Verses stay hushed and intimate with reverb-soaked vocal close to the mic; chorus opens into soaring, harmony-laced lines and a wide, crunchy wall of guitars. Subtle organ pads and a delayed lead guitar add drama, with a bridge that drops to near-whisper before a final, cathartic chorus., gothic rock, romantic