You trace constellations on the ceiling
Of our rented room
Talking of rockets, cannabis sales
And escaping the Earth they gloom
You painted maps on the kitchen table
Oceans deep and wide And I would stand there
Holding a wrench
With nowhere left to hide
From the practical clock ticking
The mortgage due next week
I watched the starlight in your eyes
And kept the words I couldn't speak
We were two halves of an equation That refused to balance out
You were the sudden rushing wind
And I was the rooted drought
We loved to cross a chasm Between the clouds and the solid ground
Your language was the infinite Mine
was the here and now, safe and sound
And I wish I could trade my two steady feet For wings that understood
But I can't leave the blueprint Even though I know I should
This is the end of our story
Not because the love died
But because you maybe needed soaring And I always needed pause
You used to laugh at my meticulous filing system
And my thrift said I saw every boundary Never embraced the open gift
Of chaos and of wonder The sheer unbounded chance
But I was saving us from crashing Trying to slow the dizzy dance
I built a home with four strong walls Hoping they would keep you here
But a dreamer doesn't see the structure They only see the clear
Unfettered space beyond it
The horizon's silent call
And I knew the day would come
When the walls would simply fall
We loved to cross a chasm Between the clouds and the solid ground
Your language was the infinite Mine
was the here and now, safe and sound
And I wish I could trade my two steady feet For wings that understood
But I can't leave the blueprint Even though I know I should
This is the end of our story Not because the love died
But because you maybe needed soaring And I always needed pause
You asked me once to pack my bags To leave the safety of the shore
To follow you to where the earth meets sky And ask for nothing more
And God my heart said yes
The soul inside me ached astray
But my mind ran the calculations And there was simply no way
To leave the steady income The promises I couldn't break
To trade security for a vision's sake For a leap I couldn't take
You needed a companion
And I could only be your anchor
And anchors by their nature Eventually hold people back
Your
bags are by the doorway now The starlight back inside your eyes
I see the future shining bright Beneath those unfamiliar skies
I press my lips against your cheek A final whisper,
please
Stop looking up
Don't ever stop being free
And you just nod,
you understand The kind of sorrow that is kind
The love is still a burning star But our paths were not entwined
I'll stay here and keep the light on Steady,
grounded,
and alone
Your impossible dream Finally take its throne
You chased the maybe And I stayed with the always
Somewhere in between Our future simply fades
Go on and fly I'll keep the gravity
That's the promise of a realist
To set the dreamer free