For all the emotional accessibility and honesty of the Small Stars songs, this is the only straight-up love song on the album. For you, M.
lyrics
once upon a time I had a dream
I sank without a sound beneath the stream
and just before the waters sealed me in
you appeared and gave me breath again
like roots that grow together after time
the tendrils on the bower intertwine
without you here I falter in the dark
I’m just a wildfire kindling from your spark
everything that’s left of me, the pull upon my tide
reflecting pale the flashing of your light
and I don’t know what I would do
without you by my side
my skies are full, the stars are yours tonight
you give me hell when I stop making sense
you lay me down when you’re my last defense
and to think I once could manage on my own
if I should lose you, I’d turn myself to stone
I know what it means to lose your trust
I know how it feels to fade to dust
and I don’t ever want to feel that way again
it pulls me under to think what might have been
everything that’s left of me, the pull upon my tide
reflecting pale the flashing of your light
and I don’t know what I would do
without you by my side
my skies are full, the stars are yours tonight
credits
from Small Stars,
released January 8, 2021
Doug Davis: vocals, Gibson LG-3 acoustic, piano, Hammond M3 bass pedals
Susan Terry: viola fakestra
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