Secrets of the Stars

The only time I ever heard the voice of God

Was in the silence of the night in the arms of the one I love

Staring at the ceiling up above

Like it contained the secrets of the stars

Any time I ever woke up in a dream

I saw my shadow there staring back at me

Moving through the walls and wondering

As all the world rose up inside of me

And I long to hear the melody

That one time played inside my mind

And to love another helplessly

So breathing feels like putting out a fire

Any time my life flashes in front of me

I see a child there as if on a screen

Standing in the shadows flickering

For a moment I know what it means

All this time I lived inside a memory

Daylight creeping in through a crack in the weathered seams

Severing the ties and trembling

Losing all the voices in the wind

And I long to hear the melodies

That one time played inside my mind

And to love another helplessly

So breathing feels like putting out a fire