Frozen and Quiet

Lyrics: [Verse 1] We started out with a spark in our eyes A small apartment under summer skies Then came the room with the cradle and lace A brand new heartbeat in a quiet place We held each other as the world grew small Thought that this love could withstand it all Two became three, and the future was bright We were a family in the morning light [Chorus] It flies so high, then fades from sight. We were blazing, now it's frozen and quiet,, Love is like a burning sky, We watched it shine, then watched it die. We built a home on a shifting stone Waiting for songs that we’ll never sing It flies so high, then it's gone [Verse 2] But the shadow fell before the cradle arrived A brutal nine months while our future survived You were so sick, carrying a heavy weight While I stood frozen, paralyzed by the state I should've been there, should've held your hand Instead of drifting like sinking sand I left you lonely in the dark of the room A cold distance growing inside the bloom [Chorus] It flies so high, then fades from sight. We were blazing, now it's frozen and quiet, Love is like a burning sky, We watched it shine, then watched it die. We built a home on a shifting stone Waiting for songs that we’ll never sing It flies so high, then it's gone [Bridge] We both made missteps along the track Errors we left that we can't take back But I look in the mirror and face the blame Knowing my own choices carried the shame Yeah, we both fractured the promises made But my mistakes left the deepest shade [Verse 3] Then the storm broke and I walked out the door I packed my bags and I chose the floor But I took our son when I turned to go Into a world that we didn't know Now his mother is nowhere near the place A missing picture, a vanished face I was the one who walked away from the flame But I was left raising the boy all the same [Verse 4] And I’d trade the freedom I thought that I sought For a single second of the battle we fought I panicked and ran when the pressure grew high Now I look at our son and I swallow a sigh The heaviest ghost is the choice that I made To leave you behind in the shattering shade I walked out the door but I left my own heart And I carry the regret of tearing it apart [Chorus] It flies so high, then fades from sight. We were blazing, now it's frozen and quiet, Love is like a burning sky, We watched it shine, then watched it die. We built a home on a shifting stone Waiting for songs that we’ll never sing It flies so high, then it's gone [Outro] A decade has gone, the calendar turns But inside the quiet, the memory burns More than ten years of waking up blue Every single day, I still think of you Our little boy grew up, I raised him alone Building a life from a fractured stone I bear the weight of the worst of the break Living with every heavy mistake now it's frozen and quiet, It’s gone.