Hearts Like Dogs

[Verse 1]
You followed me room to room
Little shadow on padded feet
Knew my moods like you read my mind
Curled up right by my heartbeat
[Pre-Chorus]
Every door swing was your cue
Every day started with you
[Chorus]
You were my favorite hello
Now you’re my hardest goodbye
Still set a place on the floor
Like you might come back tonight
I talk to the air in the hallway
Like you’ll turn that corner and jump
Hearts like dogs keep running back
Mine still waits for you to come
[Verse 2]
Old leash hangs on the same hook
Bowl still shines by the back door
Sweater fur on my Sunday coat
Can’t bring myself to wash it anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
Every photo is a new ache
Every walk feels like a mistake
[Chorus]
You were my favorite hello
Now you’re my hardest goodbye
Still check the clock at four
Like you’ll ask to go outside
I reach for your bed in the corner
Forget it’s just silence and dust
Hearts like dogs keep running back
Mine still waits for you to come
[Bridge]
Some say “it was only a dog” (oh no)
They don’t know the love you taught
You made me kinder
Made me whole
Left your pawprints on my soul
[Chorus]
You were my favorite hello
Always first face at the door
Now every key in the lock
Hurts a little bit more
I’ll carry your name in a whisper
’Til my own time here is done
Hearts like dogs keep running back
Mine still waits for you to come
Hearts like dogs keep running back
Mine still waits for you to come (to come)

pop, Warm midtempo pop with acoustic guitar and soft piano under female vocals, subtle electronic percussion and deep sub bass. Verses stay intimate and close-mic’d, chorus opens with layered harmonies and a bright, roomy drum groove. Bridge strips to piano and vocal, then last hook returns with extra ad-libs and a lifted key feel.