At worst

[Verse 1] The clamor outside begins to fade and cool Only scattered lights linger in the endless night All those carefully crafted promises Fraying away in the storm’s relentless bite We sit together within the tangled shadows Watching this silence we cannot rewrite [Pre-Chorus] A faint, wry smile appears upon your lips As if murmuring an idle, fleeting tale If prosperity was only passing smoke Falling to dust is no reason to derail [Chorus] At worst, we return to where we first began Sheltered from the cold beneath an old friend’s roof You can pour the night’s wine in some quiet bar While I tend the soil with rough, weathered hands As long as pushing open that simple wooden door Brings me back to the warmth of your embrace However wide this world may stretch its reach There will always be a quiet path for us to trace [Verse 2] Stripping away the glittering garments of gold I find true peace in the gaze that meets my own Sifting through the ruins for remaining starlight Even bitter bread is sweet enough to hold When the applause dies down and the thrones collapse We still stand side by side among the stones [Bridge] Raise a cup of cold tea to the air To this absurd yet lucid retreat Stripped of every hollow ornament Our souls breathe freer in defeat [Chorus] At worst, we return to where we first began Sheltered from the cold beneath an old friend’s roof You can pour the night’s wine in some quiet bar While I tend the soil with rough, weathered hands As long as pushing open that simple wooden door Brings me back to the warmth of your embrace However wide this world may stretch its reach There will always be a quiet path for us to trace