Walking Under Marigold Skies

This song is about two people briefly reconnecting and accidentally helping each other remember who they used to be. ____________________________________________________ I saw you standing by the corner store Same crooked smile you wore before A little older around the eyes Still carrying storms behind your sighs And for a moment the city slowed Like it remembered what we used to know We walked with nowhere else to be Past shuttered bars and old marquees Talking ‘bout people we used to know And all the places we didn’t go You laughed and said, “You still overthink” I nearly choked on my drink ‘Cause maybe you were right back then Maybe you still know me again The sky turned gold above the avenue And suddenly the world felt new Walking under marigold skies With your shadow falling into mine For a little while I forgot the weight of time And the city lights came on so slow Like they didn’t wanna let us go We weren’t fixing what we left behind Just walking under marigold skies You told me life got strange somehow Not broken — just quieter now I said, “Yeah… I know that feeling too” Like tired hearts eventually do And somewhere between your words and mine The years dissolved for one more night Not into love Not into flame Just something gentle without a name A breeze rolled through the downtown heat Like memory brushing past our sleeves Walking under marigold skies With your shadow falling into mine For a little while I remembered who I was inside And all the noise I carried home Didn’t feel so heavy anymore We weren’t chasing what we left behind Just walking under marigold skies Funny how one evening glow Can wake the soul you thought was gone Funny how some people leave But never really leave at all And when you smiled across the street I saw someone I used to be Walking under marigold skies While the daylight disappeared behind us No promises No grand goodbyes Just two hearts surviving life And when we finally turned away Something in me chose to stay Maybe healing starts sometimes By walking under marigold skies [Piano and sax slowly fade] [Soft vocal ad-libs] Marigold skies… Marigold skies… Mm-mm… Walking home alive tonight…