From the recording Pet Loss & Love That Remains
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The sofa knows your weight, the blanket keeps your shape,
A silver thread of fur where you loved to drape.
The living room is quiet, the lamps turn down their light,
I trace the little patterns where you said goodnight.
[Pre-Chorus]
Where you curled beside me, time folded for a while,
The cushions keep a whisper I can feel when I smile.
[Chorus]
Pawprints on the sofa, soft as yesterday,
They lead me through the quiet when the words give way.
I call your name in spaces only I can hear,
And in the ticking seconds I can feel you near.
[Verse 2]
I lift the throw and find a small, familiar star,
An oval of your sleeping where the warm spots are.
A gentle house-wind turns the evening like a page,
And tells me I can sit here, I don’t have to be brave.
[Pre-Chorus]
There’s a shimmer in the fabric where your heartbeat stayed,
If the cloth can hold a glimmer, so can love we made.
[Chorus]
Pawprints on the sofa, soft as yesterday,
They lead me through the quiet when the words give way.
I call your name in spaces only I can hear,
And in the ticking seconds I can feel you near.
[Bridge]
I won’t rush the empty; I’ll breathe and let it be,
Keeping this small corner like a map for me.
[Chorus]
Pawprints on the sofa, lighting up the night,
They steady out my breathing to a gentler light.
I say your name so softly where the echoes meet,
You answer in the quiet like a warm heartbeat.
I’ll keep this tender map until the morning’s true,
Pawprints on the sofa--my road back home to you.