Heavy Beauty

(Verse 1) Heavy heads are bowing slowly under skies of dusty gold I walk between the tall green stems where our story once was told Petals soft as quiet promises are falling one by one While the evening takes the color from the day we left undone Every flower faces westward like they’re searching for a sign I keep looking for your silhouette among the perfect lines (Pre-Chorus) One side of me wants to stay until the last bloom turns to seed One side of me wants to leave before the longing starts to bleed (Chorus) We were turning toward the sunlight, almost fearless, almost bright Now I’m standing in the shadow of a never-ending night If you ever find this field again when the evening starts to cool Know I waited through the seasons like a stubborn, quiet fool This love is heavy beauty leaning gently toward the ground Beautiful and unfinished, never making any sound (Verse 2) Seeds are scattering in silence on the soft and patient earth I collect a few like memories that still believe in worth Somewhere in another summer the stems are straight and tall And your hand is warm inside mine as we walk beyond it all I speak to every leaning face as if it still can hear One voice says “you’re free now,” one voice says “you’re still right here” (Pre-Chorus) The light keeps growing softer though the field remains the same I keep standing in the middle calling out a fading name (Chorus) We were turning toward the sunlight, almost fearless, almost bright Now I’m standing in the shadow of a never-ending night If you ever find this field again when the evening starts to cool Know I waited through the seasons like a stubborn, quiet fool This love is heavy beauty leaning gently toward the ground Beautiful and unfinished, never making any sound (Bridge – soft, layered) If the stems ever lift me completely… Will I finally see the sky? Or will I only find the space Where you used to stand nearby… (Final Chorus – swelling yet restrained) We were turning toward the sunlight under skies we thought would stay Now the future is a field that has long since lost its way I will keep this quiet beauty like a promise left unsaid In case the evening brings you back to walk with me instead Sunflower reverie of a love that almost learned how to remain I will love you in the silence… and the gold that still remains (Outro – soft piano + distant wind fade) Heavy heads bowing… Petals falling… Field still waiting… I’m still here…