[Verse 1]
The sky looks different
Since you’ve been gone
Every color on the horizon
Feels like you’re still holding on
I catch myself talking
Up into that glow
Like you’re just a little higher
On a front porch I don’t know
[Chorus]
The sky looks different when you’ve got family up there
You send a sunset when I’m lonely
Like you heard my worn-out prayer
You paint those colors just to make me smile
Then let the rain fall where I lay
To wash these tears a little while
Soft breeze on my face
Feels like a gentle hug you saved
Yeah, the sky looks different
When you’ve got family up there
[Verse 2]
Some days it’s cloudy
And I can’t see through
Then a break in all that gray
Lets a little gold shine through
I drive out past the wheat fields
Let the evening turn to flame
And in that quiet, in that color
I swear I hear my name
[Chorus]
The sky looks different when you’ve got family up there
You send a sunset when I’m lonely
Like you heard my worn-out prayer
You paint those colors just to make me smile
Then let the rain fall where I lay
To wash these tears a little while
Soft breeze on my face
Feels like a gentle hug you saved
Yeah, the sky looks different
When you’ve got family up there
[Bridge]
Maybe you’re the reason
Red runs into blue
Every streak a little story
Every star a piece of you (mmm)
[Chorus]
The sky looks different when you’ve got family up there
You send a sunset when I’m broken
Like you still pull up a chair
You paint those colors just to make me smile
Then let the rain fall where I pray
To wash my tears for just a while
Soft breeze on my face
Feels like a gentle hug you saved
Yeah, the sky looks different
When you’ve got family up there
Yeah, the sky looks different
But it feels like you’re still here