Broken Streetlight Halo

(Verse 1) [piano intro, soft ambient air, emotional tone: quiet grief] (Voice 1) I still walk the long way home Just to feel less alone Streetlights flicker like they know my name But they never say the same I told myself I’m doing fine But I lie every single time Every corner holds your trace Every silence has your face (Voice 2) You don’t move on, you just delay What never went away (Pre-Chorus 1) [slow string swell, emotional tone: rising vulnerability] (Together) If I speak it out tonight Would it soften what still bites Or would it all come rushing through Like it always used to do (Chorus 1) [full cinematic lift, emotional tone: emotional release] (Together) Broken streetlight halo Falling where the cold winds go Every shadow still repeats Everything you meant to me Broken streetlight halo Never really lets me go And I can’t escape the glow Even when I’m alone (Verse 2) [piano deepens, subtle percussion enters, emotional tone: reflection] (Voice 2) You wear your pain like it’s a song But you’ve been singing it too long (Voice 1) Maybe that’s all I know how To turn broken into sound (Voice 2) But sound still carries what you hide Even when you try (Voice 1) And I can’t tell where I end Or where you begin again (Pre-Chorus 2) [ambient swell intensifies, emotional tone: emotional fracture] (Together) Every memory feels alive Like it never said goodbye And the more I try to run The more we become one (Chorus 2) [larger cinematic swell, emotional tone: overwhelming emotion] (Together) Broken streetlight halo Falling where the cold winds go Every shadow still repeats Everything you meant to me Broken streetlight halo Never really lets me go And I can’t escape the glow Even when I’m alone (Bridge) [near silence, piano + breath space, emotional tone: raw truth] (Voice 1) I thought time would take your place (Voice 2) But it only changed the shape (Voice 1) Now every night feels the same (Voice 2) Just a different kind of pain (Together) And I still feel you in the air Everywhere (Final Chorus) [maximal cinematic swell, emotional tone: bittersweet acceptance] (Together) Broken streetlight halo Falling where the cold winds go Every shadow still repeats Everything you meant to me Broken streetlight halo Never really lets me go And I can’t escape the glow Even when I’m alone (Outro) [piano fade, soft reverb tail, emotional tone: lingering peace] (Together) Some lights don’t guide you home They just remind you what you lost along the road