and shine down as stars burn alone
bright as they go
i cannot stay and wait behind because
i know a way but it's a ways still to go
maybe tonight it's time that we both leave
crooked river ferry me
but maybe tonight i'll ride with you
and we could face this new storm
headed into the fray
night sun
gather up your final rays
i'm counting down the days
tired leaves
crashing down
their empty branches crack as they catch this breeze
and for a while their dreams line the lanes
like burned out stars
their beams light ghosts over the ocean
day after day, i'll follow you right here
rain can't sink what's hiding under these waves
the tide's coming in to swallow the pier
it's just dead reckoning by a thought that i used to think
slow sparrow, why go home?
take my hand, love, here i am
stand your ground and make a choice
and take those coins off of your eyes
and raise your voice for one last verse
these worlds still turn with gravity just
digging into the dirt
go light your sun
cast out your new beams
like tired leaves these satellites come
crashing into the earth