The sky feels wrong without you in it Like someone stole the blue The world keeps turning like it didn’t Just lose the best of it You were thunder dressed in sunlight Salt and stories and flame You pulled me from my darkest nights And called me by my name Pre-Chorus How am I supposed to stand here When the ground won’t stay still? You were the lighthouse in my chest And now it’s silent on the hill Chorus (BIG) It’s not enough to say goodbye Not big enough for what you were The ocean should be screaming The whole wide sky should hurt You were my shelter in the storm My oxygen, my fight If love could keep you breathing You would outlive the night So I’ll shout your name into the waves Until my breaking lungs give in If I survive this hurricane It’s because you taught me who I am Verse 2 You said fear is just a shadow It only wins if you run So you walked straight into the darkness And dared it to become the sun Now I’m standing on your shoreline With tears I cannot hide The sea you loved is crashing Like it knows you’ve crossed the tide Pre-Chorus How can something this enormous Fit inside a chest? How can a heart keep beating With this much missing from it? Chorus (Full orchestra + choir) It’s not enough to say goodbye Not loud enough for what you gave The earth should split wide open For the warrior we lost today You were the fire in my blood The voice that made me brave If heaven needed fearless I know why heaven called your name So I will carry you in tidal waves In every breath I take And when I feel like I can’t go on I’ll go on for your sake Bridge (Choir + stripped piano first half) If love is stronger than the grave Then you are everywhere In every salt-wind whisper In every answered prayer And when it hurts to breathe at night When the dark won’t let me be I’ll remember who I was When you believed in me Final Chorus (Huge. Drums. Strings. Grit.) It’s not goodbye, it’s open sea It’s you becoming wild and free It’s every wave that hits my chest And reminds me I’m still breathing You saved me more times than I can count You built the strength I didn’t see If I rise from this wreckage It’s because you live in me
