From the recording Pet Loss & Love That Remains
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The street goes quiet,
porch lights close their eyes.
A wind that knows my memories
passes by.
You stopped on that sidewalk;
time stayed there.
I reach for empty air
like it could take me back.
[Pre-Chorus]
Stardust on the asphalt,
tiny sparks at night--
if the ground can keep a shimmer,
maybe I can keep your light.
[Chorus]
You are my tether of light,
my gentle pull through dark,
where barks and silence taught me
how to listen with my heart.
I say your name in the spaces
between the even beats,
and feel you fold beside me,
warm as a dream at my feet.
[Verse 2]
Mailbox hum, a siren,
the elm along the street.
I wait where evening pauses,
where leash and shadows meet.
Where thunder taught me patience
and the hush to answer slow,
I learned a quiet language
only walking seems to know.
[Pre-Chorus]
Stardust on the asphalt,
the fall the stars release--
you were that small glimmer,
and I follow without cease.
[Chorus]
You are my tether of light,
my gentle pull through dark,
where barks and silence taught me
how to listen with my heart.
I say your name in the spaces
between the even beats,
and feel you fold beside me,
warm as a dream at my feet.
[Bridge]
If rain erases numbers
on the clock above the sink,
I steady out my breathing
and stand with you at the brink.
[Chorus]
You are my tether of light,
my compass under stars,
where love keeps walking forward
even when it’s far.
I say your name in the spaces
between the even beats--
you led me through the midnight,
soft as a dream at my feet.