If Time Stands Still

Breathe in the morning glow – my
Memories fade as the stars slip away with the night
Daylight is seeping in – I
Don't remember all this warmth
On my skin

But darling ohh, it was before my time
Ohh, before my time

(breathe in, breathe out)

Stay, watch the rising sun
We’ll go slowly to learn all the ways those before us did come
Cautious calamity can only get you so far
Once you have exhausted all that you know you are

But darling ohh, it was before my time
Ohh, before my time

Wait, hold the light
Or chase it out over horizons, ‘cause dusk always falls to the night
When faith, feels right – I
Can't help but fall, over and over
It's fate, this time

So hold tight
While our roots run dry
And now the sparks fly
Lighting up the night
So we stand in a world on fire
And watch the river rise
With nowhere to hide…

I couldn’t wait for the tide, to wash away our home
But we’ve been told, over and over and over
That there’s still time – who are you to try?
But we always knew

⍳ ⍳ ⍳

I wanna do something, got to be someone
So long without feet on the ground – feeling it out
But a new day comes, defining our growth.
So hold it like a gun
The fear that you'll be fated
Brighter than sunlight, illuminated – in the afterglow
Throwing shadows

So breathe in, and breathe out
Stand up, and speak out

Do what you want, as long as you do it with love
Be who you’ll be, do what you are dreaming of
Just let it go, your anger will swallow you whole
This one feeling, as I hold on to hope
I will follow you, home

Don’t know if I’ve grown wild
But at 23, felt the glow of the fire
And it came for me, at the river’s end
“Will you falter or will you take a step forward?”
It’s all that you can offer,
It’s no universe… but it's proof
That we're in this fight, our hearts torn open
Waiting for our wounds to bruise

To breathe in, and breathe out
Stand up, and speak out

Do what you want, as long as you do it with love
Be who you’ll be, do what you are dreaming of
Just let it go, your anger will swallow you whole
This one feeling, I will hold on to hope... and follow you

☽ ☽ ☽

So hold tight, outright
So hold tight, outright

Hello, our kin
We’re breathing in
Too long, without sin
We’re caving… 

So hold tight, we’re coming out fast
Too full to fracture, founded on a limb
Our kin, breathe in
Tonight, it’s our birthright
To be taller now
Calling so loud
Tonight, we come alive

Home now, aching
We're faded
I need faith, oh lord
We're failing

So hold tight, outright
So hold tight, outright

ϟ ϟ ϟ

Who are we to try
Our lives, unwind
And now, weathering the storm
Ragged we've become
(We fall, undone)
Unravelled and overrun

I followed, your thread
I was looking for ends
And I found them
Endlessly wound, throughout my heart... ooh
My patchworked heart

Can you feel it, interweaving?
It’s a free fall, heart blown feeling – I'll
Carry you
Through all my storms
For lives to come

This is not how I remember
Not the face that I recall
I wasn't ready to lose you yet
Not too old, a fragile soul
They promised me love would provide
So let our hopes intertwine
'Cause I'm all out of time

One by one, we'll all be gone
So take this fire and pass it on
To live on, to grow your love

Can you feel it, interweaving?
A free fall, heart blown feeling – I'll
Carry you
Through all my storms
For lives to come

※ ※ ※

Home, I long to be home
With my fractured thoughts and sentiments in monochrome.
Here, we've slowed to a halt
But in loose and fleeting solitude there's halcyon

Are you living a lie, or are you lonely?
Are you feeling high, you feeling holy?
Are you living a lie, or are you lonely?
Are you feeling high, you feeling holy?

I feel the heat, *siento amor
When your legs no longer work for you, your heart goes on
If time stands still, surround me
In this everlasting effervescent atmosphere

Are you living a lie, or are you lonely?
Are you feeling high, you feeling holy?

Oh can you believe it
The light, they share, with you
Feels like falling, falling, falling
'Cause we're not alone, we're not alone
We've got to get home
But we're not alone

Do you feel alive, are you living?
You'll feel alright, if you believe

✺ ✺ ✺

Break, you'll fall
It's shattering, I know
I've been through it all
But here, now
Something is changing
Feel like I've grown
Could this be living?
Could it be so?
How would I know?

Ah ahh ah, ahh ah ah ah

Fear, no more
I cannot wait, to see where this goes
If I ever, do stray
In every way, I'll already know

Through the afterglow
As the days grow long
I hope I can stay strong
...I can do it for love

Oheh... If it hurts at all, then it's worth the fall
Oheh... When it's all for love, I can't help feeling this
Ahh... 

Don't say, that you'll fall
It's shattering, I know
I lived through it all.

Ah ahh ah, ahh ah ah ah

⍜ ⍜ ⍜

Life, all around
Just happy to be here with two feet on the ground
And it's love, so profound
I can't seem to shake it, I know I can't break it now

Am I lost?
What are we searching for
What are we living for
Something to keep us warm
When the lights go down

Oh what a thing, life
When it takes a hold of us
For moments it seems like we've got it all, we've got enough

What are we waiting for
Just go on and give it up
You can only move forward and outward, we all are just ignorant making it up
Y va tan lejo, ahora
Brilla con la luna

Now I think of all those days that I've been hiding
Locked away I couldn't let the light in
But I never saw a one who shone as bright as this
Y quiero sentirlo para siempre
So we light up the place, illuminate
Out of the canyon, reverberate
Leave it out there
Breathe it out...

Life, all around
Just happy to be here with two feet on the ground
And it's love, so profound
I can't seem to shake it, I know I can't break it now
So breathe in
Can't stop feeling this
We've come too far
To let this fall apart
Don't let go!

∞ ∞ ∞

I remember that day...
But I can't explain, the love I felt for you
Under the moonlight
Oh how I try... I can't explain

It's louder
It's louder
It's louder
It gets louder

Revel in emotion, in feeling, devotion...
I'm devoted to you
As long as I'm feeling your touch I'm believing there's more to you than I know
And in my heart, I found you...
Deep in the throes

It's louder
It's louder
It's louder
It gets louder 

Come don't fret, please don't stall
Like a rising tide, I am reaching for shore
All of this – to have, to hold
If you ever left me I'd have nothing at all
The sun won't set, and the moon won't fall
No longer bereft as I had been before
No regrets, not anymore
If you ever left me, I'd have nothing at all

I’d have nothing at all
I’d have nothing at all
I’d have nothing at all
I’d have nothing at all, I’d have nothing at all, I’d have nothing at all, nothing at all

⍉ ⍉ ⍉

Go slow
Following shadows
As they find their way
Along the paths we make

Follow the river, our road
Under the branches, we stay low
Hearing your heartbeat, so close
These days, go slow

Slow it down
Let your feet touch ground
Feel the earth hold you
Like it always wanted to

Follow the river, our road
Under the branches, we stay low
Hearing your heartbeat, so close
These days, go slow

So we line up the stars
And we know where we are
Knew from the start I would always roam
With all of our passes
Through the paths we’ve known
We hold in our heart
This land, our home

⚘ ⚘ ⚘