Last Night Under The Stars

[Verse 1 - quiet and intimate, soft acoustic guitar, close vocal] We dragged two blankets out past the back fence gate your shoes in the grass my hands shook a little late The moon was a thin coin caught in the black you leaned on my shoulder like you knew what comes next [Pre-Chorus - soft lift, vocal starts to rise but stays fragile] I saw it in your eyes before you even spoke the kind of quiet ending that bends but doesn’t break So I held you closer like time could stay and the whole wide sky just looked away [Chorus - wide, aching, dreamy, opens up but does not explode] Last night under last night under the stars you in my arms and the world went soft Last night under last night under the stars we let it hurt but we didn’t let go [Verse 2 - tender storytelling, slightly more movement] Your laugh hit the dark trees then slipped through the pines you traced my old scar said, “We were always fine” A truck on the highway faded into blue you counted the constellations I counted losing you The air smelled like rain though it never came we kept saying “someday” like it was a place [Pre-Chorus - building emotion, more vocal ache] I saw it in your eyes before you even spoke the kind of quiet ending that bends but doesn’t break So I held you closer like time could stay and the whole wide sky just looked away [Chorus - wider and more emotional] Last night under last night under the stars you in my arms and the world went soft Last night under last night under the stars we let it hurt but we didn’t let go [Bridge - fragile, stripped down, almost whispered] If morning takes you I’ll still know this light your heartbeat on my chest the whole edge of goodbye No perfect promise no way to make it stay just two small bodies and one endless sky [Final Chorus - open, bittersweet, heartbreaking, bigger vocal but still tender] Last night under last night under the stars you in my arms and the world went soft Last night under last night under the stars we let it hurt but we didn’t let go Last night under last night under the stars you were mine like a silver spark Last night under last night under the stars then dawn came slow and it broke my heart [Outro - soft fade, lingering guitar and reverb] Then dawn came slow and it broke my heart