Where the Light Remembers

[Instrumental][Intro - Soft piano and harp, hushed and moonlit] [Verse 1] Morning laid its silver hands On fields the night had nearly claimed, Rivers learned to breathe again, And every rose remembered rain. The towers glowed like candle dreams, The valleys wore their green and gold, But underneath the singing leaves, The quiet kept the names untold. [Verse 2] We walked where ash became a bloom, Where broken stars returned to sky, The wind was sweet with living proof, Yet sorrow trembled in its light. The world was saved, the world was fair, Its beauty almost hard to bear, For every bird that crossed the blue Flew through the space once held by you. [Chorus] Oh, let the moon pour softly down, On every hill, on every crown, Let gardens rise where shadows fell, Let bells of dawn begin to swell. But if the flowers shine tonight, It is because you gave them light, And if the world still dreams in gold, It keeps the love it could not hold. [Verse 3] The lakes are glass, the woods are bright, The mountains kneel beneath the sun, And every road is stitched with life, As if the hurting has been undone. But in the hush between the leaves, A deeper music starts to ache, The kind that only hearts can hear When gratitude begins to break. [Bridge] If I could gather time like rain, And turn the river back again, I’d trade the dawn, I’d trade the spring, For one more voice the stars could bring. But love is not a door we close, It is the root beneath the rose, It is the fire beneath the snow, The unseen hand that helps us grow. [Final Chorus] Oh, let the moon pour softly down, On every hill, on every crown, Let gardens rise where shadows fell, Let bells of dawn begin to swell. But if the flowers shine tonight, It is because you gave them light, And if the world still dreams in gold, It keeps the love it could not hold. [Outro] So sleep beneath the endless blue, Where all lost songs return as dew, The world is beautiful and new, And still it aches because of you.