9. The Little One Inside
I rest my gaze in my left eye,
when I want to visit the little one inside.
The door has been here the whole time.
I used to look in this eye and find a reason to hate.
Now I look in this eye and find her.
(for the little one inside.)
[VERSE 1]
The left eye holds a girl who stopped asking for help.
Who stopped believing a hand would catch her.
Who forgot the sound of her own laugh.
But she figured out the lock — from the inside.
(Left eye — Ghost eye.)
[PRE-CHORUS]
The glass holds a different light today.
A small hope rises where I kept no hope before.
Hope feels strange.
I stay anyway.
[CHORUS]
Little one inside, I like what I see.
I wrap my arms around me. She's held at last.
The glass shows how.
Little one inside, you're safe with me.
I like what I see.
(I wrap my arms around me.)
[BRIDGE]
In a long gaze with her — my body starts a slow rock.
Back, forward.
The mirror follows.
Every sway is a year she spent alone.
The space between us is how long she waited for me.
(Left eye — Ghost eye.)
[PRE-CHORUS]
The glass holds a different light today.
A small hope rises where I kept no hope before.
Hope feels strange.
I stay anyway.
[CHORUS]
Little one inside, I like what I see.
I wrap my arms around me. She's held at last.
The glass shows how.
Little one inside, you're safe with me.
I like what I see.
(I wrap my arms around me.)
[OUTRO]
I love the way you still tried.
Now I try for you.
You kept a small light burning behind my left eye.
You are safe in my sight now.
I won't leave you again.
