Dying Star

We laid down in that tall grass

Where the world felt small and kind,

Your head resting on my shoulder

Like it was built for you to find.

You traced constellations softly

On the back of my left hand,

Said, “Promise me when life gets hard

You’ll always try to understand.”

(Chorus)

But I’m still lying under starlight

Begging heaven for a sign,

And I swear I saw you flicker

Where the sky cuts into time.

Love can break without a warning

Leave you tangled in the dark—

You slipped away so slow and silent

Like a dying star grows dark.

(Verse 2)

I still keep your sweater folded

Though it barely holds your scent,

And I talk to you some midnights

‘Bout the things I never meant.

There are ghosts in every porch light,

Every song on FM waves—

I keep wishing I could follow you,

But you flew where I can’t stay.

(Chorus)

So I’m still lying under starlight

Where we swore we’d never part,

And the cold air feels like judgment

On this half-beat, busted heart.

I keep reaching for your warmth, love,

But you’re farther than you are—

You slipped away so slow and silent

Like a dying star grows dark.

(Bridge)

Folks say loss’ll make you holy,

I don’t feel much like a saint—

Just a man who learned too late that

Love can’t live on what it ain’t.

If goodbye’s some kind of gospel,

Then darling, I’m devout—

‘Cause I’ve prayed to every sky there is

To bring you back somehow.

(Final Chorus)

Now every night I wander

With my hand over my heart,

Feeling for your fading footprints

In the dust of who we are.

And the sky don’t stop its shining

Though it’s missing your small spark—

You slipped away so slow and silent

Like a dying star grows dark.