I was the moon

(Verse 1)

I spent my nights just hanging over your street,

a pale coin turned gentle where your window light would meet.

Watched you pour the coffee, watched you laugh at nothing small,

kept the dark from biting while you slept against the wall.

I learned the lines you drew on lonely hands at two a.m.,

kept the secrets in my orbit, lit them up — but never them.

(Pre-Chorus)

You called me steady, said I stayed when you would sway,

but steady sometimes means you stand and watch them walk away.

(Chorus)

I was the moon, pulling tides that pulled you home,

I was the hush on the phone, the place you called your own.

I was the glow that kept the cold from touching you,

I was the moon, darling, and I did the best I could do.

(Verse 2)

Remember how the curtain billowed like a small, white sail?

I counted every freckle like a map to where you’d fail.

I traced the little scars you tried to hide with sleeve and song,

kept a quiet company until the nights grew long.

I learned to live in phases — full of light, then half, then none,

smiled through the eclipses when your days were on the run.

(Pre-Chorus)

You called me patient, said I’d wait through every bruise,

but patience wears a pattern, it don’t always choose.

(Chorus)

I was the moon, pulling tides that pulled you home,

I was the hush on the phone, the place you called your own.

I was the glow that kept the cold from touching you,

I was the moon, darling, and I did the best I could do.

(Bridge)

I watched you love like someone learning how to fly,

some nights you soared, some nights you broke against the sky.

I learned the law of distance, learned we orbit out of tune,

you wanted daylight, honey — I was busy being the moon.

Now I’m getting used to morning, to the way the skyline bends,

it’s quiet in the daylight when you make your other plans.

(Outro)

So when the nights look empty, and you think of who was there,

remember I was lighting up the sky to show I cared.

I’ll keep a sliver for the memory, a soft and faithful tune,

you go chase the daylight, love — I’ll still be the moon.