Paper Skies

[Verse 1] I left the lights on just in case you called But silence knows my name better than you at all The streets still hum with the things we said Like echoes sleeping in an empty bed I trace your shadow on the kitchen floor It disappears when I want it more [Pre-Chorus] And every clock in the room leans slow Like it’s waiting for us to let go [Chorus] If I could run through paper skies Fold the distance, rewrite time I’d bring you back in folded light And never let the moment die But I’m still here, and you’re halfway gone Like a song that keeps playing on and on If I could break what time denies I’d find you in paper skies [Verse 2] Your jacket’s still hanging by the door Like it forgot what it was made for And I swear I hear you in the rain Calling softly through the windowpane But memory bends and bends too far Till I can’t tell where you are [Pre-Chorus] And every second feels untrue Like it learned how to look like you [Chorus] If I could run through paper skies Fold the distance, rewrite time I’d bring you back in folded light And never let the moment die But I’m still here, and you’re halfway gone Like a song that keeps playing on and on If I could break what time denies I’d find you in paper skies [Bridge] Maybe love is just a place we pass Too bright to hold, too soft to last But I still reach through empty air Like you were ever really there Final Chorus (bigger, more open) If I could run through paper skies Burn the distance, change goodbye I’d pull you close, I’d make it right Rewrite the edge of every night But I’m still here, and you’re out of sight Fading like dawn that never quite arrives If I could break what time denies I’d find you in paper skies