Starfall

Starfields spin Through the hull glass blue I reach my hand But it passes through We were drifting in the dark Trading secrets with the void Silver cities in your eyes All those futures we destroyed Ashes orbit ’round our names Like forgotten satellites Every promise that we made Burns and breaks in fading light Empire of stars Crashing down in slow motion Every crown we carved Turned to dust in the cold We were kings of a sky made of scars Ruling ruins and ghosts of our hearts Empire of stars Watch it fall Watch it fall apart I still hear your quiet laugh Under suns that never set Constellations we designed Tattooed maps I can’t forget Now the engines only groan As we circle what we’ve lost Endless echoes in the steel Counting every hidden cost Empire of stars Crashing down in slow motion Every crown we carved Turned to dust in the cold We were kings of a sky made of scars Ruling ruins and ghosts of our hearts Empire of stars Watch it fall Watch it fall apart Did we ever touch the sun Or just burn on the way Were we ever really one Or two stones in decay I still orbit ’round your name Locked inside this iron grave If this kingdom has to fade Let me be the last to cave (oh) Empire of stars Crashing down in slow motion Every crown we carved Turned to dust in the cold We were kings of a sky made of scars Ruling ruins and ghosts of our hearts Empire of stars Let it fall Let it fall apart One last flare across the black Then it’s gone Just empty tracks Still I turn Still I spin Round the place where you had been