Softer Than I Knew

Verse 1

The hallway has a different kind of quiet now

There’s no echo of the little paws

And the blankets at the foot of my bed have settled down

Like they’re learning to forget the cause

You were always so stubbornly on your own

But you’d never leave me in a room alone

You were just a shadow, a watcher at the door

In a lonely time I couldn’t ask for more

Chorus

And oh, Milo, every single day

You made my whole world softer than I knew

You were the reason that this house felt like a home

You were proof that I was loved, and I hope you felt it too

I feel you in the silence that you left behind

You were stubborn, you were gentle, you were kind

And I’ll hold on to the way you’d curl into a C

Belonging at the end of my bed more than me

Verse 2

I still see you chasing sun across the floorboards

Getting tangled up inside the blinds

The contradiction of your curious and gentle world

The quietest of curious minds

Now every evening when I turn the lamp down low

I still look for you in the afterglow

The house remembers all your favorite sleeping spots

It holds the shape of you in empty little knots

Chorus

And oh, Milo, every single day

You made my whole world softer than I knew

You were the reason that this house felt like a home

You were proof that I was loved, and I hope you felt it too

I feel you in the silence that you left behind

You were stubborn, you were gentle, you were kind

And I’ll hold on to the way you’d curl into a C

Belonging at the end of my bed more than me

Bridge

All I want is one more quiet night

To thank you for the company you kept

Just to hold you in the fading kitchen light

And hear the little sounds you made while I slept

I’d tell you that you carried me right through

A part of my life I was stumbling through

I’d tell you that a home is not a place

It’s a feeling that you find in a familiar face

And yours was the one I always found

Final Chorus

And oh, Milo, I can feel you now

You made my whole world softer than I ever knew

And this house will always remember you as home

You were proof that I was loved, and I know you felt it too

I feel you in the silence that you left behind

You were patient, you were steady, you were kind

And I’ll hold on to the way you’d curl into a C

Belonging in my memory more than me

I hope you knew you were safe here

Yeah, you made my whole world softer.