Chandeliers

He walked in patched and pale With rain still in his seams The moon hung like a coin Above the ballroom beams Then there you were in white A spark in all that gloom He forgot the graves and thunder When you stepped into the room Your hand in his His heart in time Two lonely storms Learning how to rhyme The band fell quiet The walls leaned in And every old scar Started softening Under the chandeliers You pulled him near Under the chandeliers He lost his fear Bride in his arms Alive at last Bride in his arms The dark went past (under the chandeliers) (under the chandeliers) He'd searched through ash and ruin Through rain and broken stone Carried a stitched-up longing Too heavy to call home But your laugh hit like sunrise On a lake of polished black And every heavy footstep Turned into a dance step back Your dress brushed his coat Like a silver wave You touched his face Like you were not afraid The old house sighed The candles burned And the thing he lost Came back and learned Under the chandeliers You pulled him near Under the chandeliers He lost his fear Bride in his arms Alive at last Bride in his arms The dark went past (under the chandeliers) (under the chandeliers) No more midnight running No more stitched-up pain He found a warm forever In your steady name He twirled you slow The floorboards sang Even the storm outside Clapped with the band Under the chandeliers You pulled him near Under the chandeliers His sky was clear Bride in his arms Alive at last Bride in his arms The dark went past Under the chandeliers Forever here (under the chandeliers) (under the chandeliers)