Follow the beacon by Nocturna

[Intro, low cello and distant synth] Some nights the coast goes missing Though the ocean never moved Some names hide behind the weather Some roads forget the route But somewhere past the silence There’s a window burning gold And somebody is still waiting Where the night cannot take hold [Verse 1] We learned the dark has different voices Some are thunder, some are doubt Some arrive without a warning Turn the familiar inside out Maps can lose their little markings Stars can vanish behind rain But the hands that built the shelter Still remember every name So if the path becomes uncertain If the landmarks disappear Don’t mistake the fog for distance We are closer than we appear [Pre-Chorus] You don’t have to know the road You don’t have to see the shore We have crossed this weather once We know what the light is for [Chorus] We are the light we leave on When the whole horizon’s gone A beacon through the blackest water Saying you still belong When the compass turns to nowhere When the stars refuse to show Follow every heart still burning We will bring each other home No one walks the dark alone No one fades beyond our reach If you lose the road between us We will meet you at the beacon [Verse 2] There were moments we went quiet There were doors we couldn’t find There were pages out of order There were gaps inside the lines Still the laughter sounded like you Still the warmth was in your hands Still the people who had known you Recognized you where you stood Love is more than perfect memory More than every date and place It’s the way we know the weather Even when the map has changed And if one of us is weary Another takes the watch awhile Not because the storm defeated us Because that’s what makes a home [Pre-Chorus] Let the fog take all the mileposts Let the dark confuse the sea It cannot erase the harbor While you’re still returning to me [Chorus] We are the light we leave on When the whole horizon’s gone A beacon through the blackest water Saying you still belong When the compass turns to nowhere When the stars refuse to show Follow every heart still burning We will bring each other home No one walks the dark alone No one fades beyond our reach If you lose the road between us We will meet you at the beacon [Bridge] Maybe I forget the doorway Maybe you forget the room Maybe all we have between us Is one lantern in the gloom Then keep it lit. I’ll keep mine. We don’t need the whole horizon Just one light at a time [Second voice enters quietly] If you cannot find the coastline [First voice] I will stand where you can see [Second voice] If the weather takes my bearings [First voice] You already know where I’ll be [Both] We do not have to hold the whole sky To keep one another from the dark [Orchestral / guitar build] And every time we find each other Another light becomes a mark [Final Chorus, full band + orchestra] We are the light we leave on Let the wildest weather come We have carried one another Through every road we’ve become Let the compass spin to nowhere Let the stars disappear There are voices in the darkness Saying: I am still here No one walks the dark alone No one falls beyond our reach Every window, every lantern Every hand becomes a beacon If you lose the road between us If the fog takes what you know Look for all the lights still burning We will bring each other home [Outro, almost a cappella] The map can lose the coastline The sea remains the sea And somewhere through the weather You’ll find the light And me.