Happy Birthday, Klára

Intro

Mm-hmm, oh-oh, uh

(la-la) guitar, light and slow

Verse

You laugh and the room gets smaller, pull the curtains close

You wear your Sunday sweater like it’s rained on every rose

I found a matchbox of our jokes under your bed

We wrote our names on postcards and left the rest unsaid

You tie your hair with reckless hands and spill the midnight tea

Singing off-key to the radio, the whole world’s on repeat

Pre-chorus

And I could hold a thousand small things about you

Count the freckles on your knuckles, every little truth

But tonight the candles are stubborn, the cake is on the line

So I’ll steal a breath and make this moment mine

Chorus

Happy birthday, Klára, blow it out, make a wish (make a wish)

Happy birthday, Klára, soft as a secret, loud as a kiss (yeah)

Happy birthday, Klára, oh-oh, sing it back to me (sing it back)

Happy birthday, Klára, here’s the best of what will be (na-na)

Verse

We’ve walked through alleyways where the rain forgot our names

You’ve taught me how to dance like the light is not to blame

There’s a ribbon in your pocket from a shop we can’t recall

And the way you read the simple words, you make them sound like more

Pre-chorus

I could talk until the morning about the little ways you stay

How you fold the maps of futures like you’ll find your way someday

But tonight the laughter’s louder, and the jokes are getting thin

So I’ll tuck the world behind my thumb and let the song begin

Chorus

Happy birthday, Klára, blow it out, make a wish (make a wish)

Happy birthday, Klára, soft as a secret, loud as a kiss (oh-oh)

Happy birthday, Klára, oh-oh, sing it back to me (sing it back)

Happy birthday, Klára, here’s the best of what will be (la-la)

Bridge

And if the years come faster than the letters that we send

I’ll keep your name like fireworks I learn to light again

We’ll write new roads on paper, scribble maps with coffee stains

And every year I’ll come back here to memorize your name

Chorus

Happy birthday, Klára, blow it out, make a wish (make a wish)

Happy birthday, Klára, soft as a secret, loud as a kiss (yeah)

Happy birthday, Klára, oh-oh, sing it back to me (sing it back)

Happy birthday, Klára, here’s the best of what will be (na-na)

Chorus

Happy birthday, Klára, blow it out, make a wish (make a wish)

Happy birthday, Klára, soft as a secret, loud as a kiss (oh-oh)

Happy birthday, Klára, oh-oh, sing it back to me (sing it back)

Happy birthday, Klára, here’s the best of what will be

Outro

Mm-hmm, oh — happy birthday, Klára (la-la)

(guitar fades)