Albatross

Whispers spoken softly, muted by the waves North Star eyes that glimmer through the haze Hung on the horizon, I can feel you near Lighthouse in the distance, casting shadows on my fears And now, adrift, marooned I'm under the moon with you It's never felt so right We can leave the world behind But now we're sinking down Drowned by what you found In the deepest parts of me The anchor of my being The ghost of a breath that's whispered down your neck Where my heart now hangs, and drags beneath the waves The flooding of fright The ebbing of the night The light above eclipsed as we hold each other tight The twilight of the day Takes our breath away Alone now in the sea But you're still here with me Soaring through the sky now, on fire from the sun Even though forgotten, nothing can be undone And I'm back where I belong The clouds start rolling in I see your distant figure, free and far from woe And as I fly above you, I call to you below And you never even know Just think what could have been