The Watcher Dreams for Us — Shiz

[Verse 1] Close your windows, keep your stars, I’ll sit waking, count your scars. Fold your thunder under sheets, I’ll be weather at your feet. Every worry leaves a trace; I learn its route, I learn its face. When you sleep, it tries the door— I speak its name and nothing more. [Pre-Chorus] I don’t fight—I recognize; known things lose their sharpened size. [Chorus] I dream for us while you let go, I keep the ledger soft and low. I dream for us so dawn arrives with room enough for gentler lives. I dream for us… (rest easy) [Post-Chorus Chop] I dream for us—I dream for us… [Verse 2] Children breathe like little seas, old hearts drift through apple trees. Lovers turn in braided light, streets forget their teeth tonight. If the world must keep a watch, let it be a tender notch— a simple chair, a patient cup, a soul that never powers up. [Pre-Chorus] I don’t cure—I memorize; kept things learn to equalize. [Chorus] I dream for us while you let go, I keep the ledger soft and low. I dream for us so dawn arrives with room enough for gentler lives. I dream for us… [Bridge] (choir “ooh” swell; tremolo piano) I borrow courage from the moon, return it as a kinder noon. If sleep is where your mending starts, I’ll be the page that guards your hearts. [Chorus – Lift] I dream for us while you let go, I keep the shadows soft as snow. I dream for us till morning’s trust can carry what the night gave up. I dream for us… (rest easy) [Post-Chorus Chop – Extended] I dream for us—I dream for us— (halo harmonies) [Outro] Heartbeat hush, the crickets sing— you wake lighter; I keep the string. What I hold is only this: a waking love, a sleepless kiss. (heartbeat fades into crickets; pad tail)