[Verse 1]
Velvet paws on marble floor
Little king at my front door
Tuxedo tail
That crooked crown
You blink once slow
I’m bowing down
Gold sun splashed across your back
You stalk the shadows
Trace the cracks
Slit eyes gleam like desert snakes
Guard my sleep from what still aches
[Chorus]
You’re my guardian in a top hat
High stats
Ancient heart
I know that
Every purr a spell you’re weaving
Tiny healer
See me breathing
From the Nile to my small room
Old gods curling in your plume
You protect what time can’t hold
Little body
Giant soul
[Verse 2]
You sit still like carved-out stone
Sphinx-sized thoughts in skin and bone
I feel temples in your stare
Dust and incense in the air
We are stories curled as one
Night is long
But you’re my sun
If my mind begins to break
You just hiss and scare the snake (away)
[Chorus]
You’re my guardian in a top hat
High stats
Ancient heart
I know that
Every purr a spell you’re weaving
Tiny healer
See me breathing
From the Nile to my small room
Old gods curling in your plume
You protect what time can’t hold
Little body
Giant soul
[Bridge]
Were you painted on those walls
Chasing ghosts through palace halls (hey)
Now you nap beside my feet
Old and new forever meet
[Chorus]
You’re my guardian in a top hat
High stats
Ancient heart
I know that
Every purr a spell you’re weaving
Tiny healer
Keep me breathing
From the Nile to my small room
Old gods curling in your plume
You protect what time can’t hold
Little body
Giant soul