Little Wings of Light

[Verse 1]
Tiny socks in the drawer
Name still taped to the door
Sun spills into your room
But you don't chase it anymore
I still talk to your toys
Fold the silence into noise
Trace your face in the dust
As if you'll wake up
As if you must
[Chorus]
Goodbye
My little wings of light
I kiss your picture every night
I lay your blanket on my chest
Pretend you're breathing where you rest
If heaven needed you so soon
Then let my love stay wrapped around you
Goodbye
My little wings of light
But you're the star that holds my sky
[Verse 2]
I keep your cup in its place
Lipstick prints on my face
From when I taught you to blow
Silly kisses before we'd go
The doctors whispered your name
I prayed louder all the same
Now I bargain with the air
Sleep in your chair
Like you'll be there
[Chorus]
Goodbye
My little wings of light
I kiss your picture every night
I lay your blanket on my chest
Pretend you're breathing where you rest
If heaven needed you so soon
Then let my love stay wrapped around you
Goodbye
My little wings of light
But you're the star that holds my sky
[Bridge]
Do they read you bedtime stories?
Do they hold your tiny hand?
Do you laugh the way you used to
When you couldn't understand?
If I could trade every heartbeat
Just to braid your hair again
I'd walk barefoot through the fire
Just to feel your weight
Amen
[Chorus]
Goodbye
My little wings of light
I kiss your picture every night
I lay your blanket on my chest
Pretend you're breathing where you rest
If heaven needed you so soon
Then let my love stay wrapped around you
Goodbye feels like a kind of lie
'Cause you're still here in every line
Goodbye
My little wings of light
My angel
Stay within my sky

Ethereal R&B ballad with intimate piano and distant, reverbed pads; raw female vocals set right up front, breaths and cracks left in. First verse almost a whisper over sparse chords, then low sub bass and soft, filtered drums bloom in for the chorus. Stacked, ghostly harmonies shimmer on key lines, with a gentle string swell toward the bridge, then everything falls back to solo vocal and bare piano for the final lines., r&b, raw, sad, female vocals