Sleeping Longer for You

[Verse 1] Bare feet Cold sand In a glass moon’s patient mirror Sun low Sky tan All the clouds drawn in with silver Star seeds Soft bloom In the hollows of the shoreline You smiled Like you Had been waiting here since star-time You said “Walk with me Past the phosphorescent skyline We got Borrowed light From a garden made of midnight” [Chorus] You said “What happens to me when you wake up?” Your voice broke right there in the salt air I said “This is just a dream ” and it hurt so much To know that I would vanish what was there So I held your hand till the tide let you go Laughing While my heart sank below Every wave saying “Soon Soon Soon” Every step running out of room [Verse 2] Sea foam Your laugh Skipping stones that never landed Orchids Made of Static blooming where we’d standed You asked “Tell me Do I matter when I’m stranded?” I choked Half truth “I can feel you when I’m sleeping” You said “That’s enough Close your eyes and keep me breathing” Comets In your hair Petal halos slowly spinning We walked Through a field Made of constellations thinning [Chorus] You said “What happens to me when you wake up?” Your eyes filled Two storms I couldn’t save I said “You were always more than this made-up World that I can’t carry when I wake” So I held your hand till the tide let you go Promises we never got to grow Every wave saying “Soon Soon Soon” Every word fading from the dune [Bridge] I tried to bend the sky Tried to freeze the shore Cathedrals Built from lightning Humming in the core I pulled on every star Like a rusted door But the colors bled Like they’d done before I asked all the air “Can I keep her here?” But the beach fell silent Only you stayed clear [Chorus] You said “What happens to me when you wake up?” And I wished that I could fall back through the floor If you’re only here as long as my eyes stay shut Then I’ll sleep for just a little longer more So I’ll hold your hand till the tide lets you go Through the gardens where the neon flowers glow As the waves whisper “Soon Soon Soon” I walk you home through a vanishing room Where the stars grow roots In the cathedral gloom And the sea hums low Like a voltage womb