[Intro]

(Soft music box melody fades in, layered with a light lo-fi drum beat)

[Verse 1]

The tea is getting cold on the wooden sill

I’m tracing patterns with a silver spoon

The dust is dancing in the window light

While I am humming a forgotten tune

[Verse 2]

I bought a ribbon of a velvet blue

To tie the thoughts I never dared to speak

I keep a photo in a hollow book

The ink is fading and the paper’s weak

[Pre-Chorus]

It’s not a heavy weight to carry on

Just a little bubble in my glass of wine

I’ll let it shimmer 'til the light is gone

And pretend that everything is fine

[Chorus]

Oh, it’s a candy-colored secret in my heart

A little puzzle with a missing part

I’ll wrap it up in lace and paper gold

A story that will never quite be told

Just a whisper, just a tiny spark

Keeping me company inside the dark

[Verse 3]

I saw you leaning by the garden gate

The shadow fell across your messy hair

I almost tripped upon a simple word

But caught it back and left it in the air

[Bridge]

Maybe it’s better if the clouds stay grey

Before the summer rain washes it away

I’ll keep the key inside a porcelain jar

And watch you from a distance, like a star

[Chorus]

Oh, it’s a candy-colored secret in my heart

A little puzzle with a missing part

I’ll wrap it up in lace and paper gold

A story that will never quite be told

Just a whisper, just a tiny spark

Keeping me company inside the dark

[Outro]

Sugar-coated silence in the breeze

Falling like the blossoms from the trees

(Music box melody slowly winds down)

Keep it... just for me.