[Verse]
Spots like spilled paint on a steel gray cloud tonight
Big head on my chest heartbeat thump like a kick drum light
You stare at the door like you wrote the law of guard and stay
Tail writes wild letters on the floor every damn day
[Chorus]
Chief of my heart Chief of my heart
You bark you bark till the dark falls apart
So loyal so royal on this torn old couch
Chief of my heart you call my bluff you call me out
[Verse 2]
You chew through the mail like you editing my fate
Rip rip little critic never showed up late
Nose to the wind like a prophet sniffing rain
You see every ghost hiding in my tired brain
[Prechorus]
Do you know you save me when you jump into my lap
Do you feel my cracks when you snore and nap
[Chorus]
Chief of my heart Chief of my heart
You bark you bark till the dark falls apart
Spots in a storm in a storm in a storm so loud
Chief of my heart my soft siren in a crowd
[Bridge]
I am the fool with the leash and the rent overdue
You are the king of the trash can the park the living room too
Who rescued who is the joke we never quite solve
Just skin and fur and fear and love that somehow evolve