Whispered Fallen Stars

(Verse 1)

The velvet curtain of the night is drawing tight and close

I’m breathing in the silence where I used to hold your ghost

The telescope is rusted, pointing at a vacant space

Where I used to find the heaven in the contours of your face

The sky is heavy-laden, like it’s weary of the height

And one by one, the diamonds start to flicker out of sight.

(Chorus)

So close your eyes and listen to the whispered fallen stars

Tumbling down to heal the deep and jagged little scars

They’re landing in the garden with a soft and silver sound

Building up a bed of light upon the frozen ground

Let the gravity just take you, let the light begin to blur

To a time before the heartbreak, to the way we used to be.

(Verse 2)

Each streak of light’s a promise that we couldn’t find the breath to keep

Now they’re drifting through the window while the world is fast asleep

I’m gathering the embers of the wishes that went wrong

To weave them in the fabric of a final, fading song

You don’t have to reach for nothing, you don’t have to hold your breath

There’s a quiet kind of mercy in a dream that follows death.

(Chorus)

So close your eyes and listen to the whispered fallen stars

Tumbling down to heal the deep and jagged little scars

They’re landing in the garden with a soft and silver sound

Building up a bed of light upon the frozen ground

Let the gravity just take you, let the light begin to blur

To a time before the heartbreak, to the way we used to be.

(Bridge)

The galaxy is emptying, the dark is drinking deep

But there’s a peace in knowing what we didn’t get to keep

For every star that’s falling, there’s a burden laid to rest

And a quiet hollow forming in the center of my chest.

(Outro)

Shhh... can you hear them?

Falling through the black.

Whispering that"gone"

Is never coming back.

Sleep now, little star...

Sleep now.