[Verse 1] I kept looking up for mercy Like the dark might spell it out Like a handful of cold diamonds Could tell me what this was about I made gods of little patterns Made a map of every sign Called the moon a witness Called the timing almost kind But the sky was only moving Blue-black, beautiful, blind No verdict in the glitter No mercy in the shine And I hate how soft it happened How the heavens didn’t split Just one small wrongness widening Till we no longer fit [Pre-Chorus] No thunder, no omen No angel in the wires Just a quiet constellation Letting go of all its fire [Chorus] The stars unaligned No thunder, no sign Just one little heaven Slipping out of mine The stars unaligned No villain, no crime I wanted it written But it wasn’t this time [Verse 2] I thought if it hurt this brightly There must be something true Like pain was just the universe Trying to point at you I mistook the ache for meaning Mistook longing for a thread Wrapped it round my fingers Till the future almost bled But fate was only weather Wearing jewelry in the dark Pretty little accidents With no promise at the heart And I was not abandoned By some cruel celestial design The stars just kept their distance And I kept asking why [Pre-Chorus] No prophecy, no punishment No script behind the sky Just my hands full of starlight And nothing left to tie [Chorus] The stars unaligned No thunder, no sign Just one little heaven Slipping out of mine The stars unaligned No villain, no crime I wanted it written But it wasn’t this time [Bridge] Maybe the moon did not betray me Maybe it was never kind Maybe I needed something guilty So the grief would have a spine Maybe beauty is not promise Maybe signs are only light Maybe something can be sacred And still not survive the night I don’t know how to forgive A sky that never owed me more I don’t know how to stop waiting At a closed and starless door But I am tired of making fate Out of every ache I find Tired of calling loss a lesson Just to keep the dark polite [Final Chorus] The stars unaligned No thunder, no sign Just one little heaven Slipping out of mine The stars unaligned No villain, no crime I wanted it written But it wasn’t this time The stars unaligned So quietly, so wide I loved like a prophecy And lost like a tide [Outro] I kept looking up for mercy Till the morning thinned the sky Nothing answered from the heavens Nothing had to tell me why
