Song for

[Intro]

Quiet streets, a thousand echoes of your name
The traffic hums a rhythm I cannot unlearn
Midnight taxis, neon bleeding into rain
I count the blocks until I reach our corner again

[Verse 1]

Where the city lights grow dim
I still find your hand in the hollow of my coat
Where the river bends beneath the bridge we crossed
I still hear the promise in the words we spoke too soft for anyone but us

[Verse 1b]

Where the subway shakes the bones beneath my feet
I still map your laughter on a stranger's seat
Where the bakery opens while the sky is grey
I still taste the sugar on the morning we ran late

[Pre-Chorus]

Every skyline window writes your outline in the glass
Every station speaker calls a name that cannot pass
If memory is a city, I am lost inside its grid
If love is a direction, you are north and I am rid of every compass but you

[Chorus]

So hold me where the city lights grow dim
Where the world forgets we ever had a plan
I will be the shelter, you can be the hymn
We can be the proof that hearts can understand
Hold me where the city lights grow dim
Till the dawn rewrites the night with gold again

[Verse 2]

We carved our initials where the paint was peeling thin
We danced like we were fearless on a rooftop wind
You told me all your secrets like they were simple songs
I kept them like a locket, wore them all night long

[Verse 2b]

The winter made us honest, the summer made us brave
We borrowed every moment that the calendar could save
We argued like we meant it, we made up like we knew
That time is just a thief until it brings me back to you

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Every coffee ring remembers where your cup would rest
Every coat still carries, pressed against my chest
If longing is a language, I am fluent in your tone
If distance is a story, we are writing every mile in ink

[Chorus]

So hold me where the city lights grow dim
Where the world forgets we ever had a plan
I will be the shelter, you can be the hymn
We can be the proof that hearts can understand
Hold me where the city lights grow dim
Till the dawn rewrites the night with gold again

[Bridge]

If the towers fall to whispers, if the avenues go blind
If the future is a question mark, you are still the line
If the music stops completely, I will clap inside my chest
If the world demands a reason, you are every answer left

[Bridge 2]

We are not a perfect photograph, we are motion in the frame
We are not a quiet ending, we are thunder with a name
We are not a borrowed minute, we are years inside a glance
We are not a lucky accident, we are choice, we are chance

[Verse 3]

Where the alley cats remember every footstep home
I still hum the melody you tapped against the stone
Where the bookstore closes with a bell and a sigh
I still read the margins where you underlined why

[Verse 3b]

Where the airport speakers call a city I have seen
I still pack your favorite sweater like a quiet routine
Where the highway opens wide and the miles unwind
I still set the passenger seat for peace of mind

[Final Chorus]

So hold me where the city lights grow dim
Where the world forgets we ever had a plan
I will be the shelter, you can be the hymn
We can be the proof that hearts can understand
Hold me where the city lights grow dim
Till the dawn rewrites the night with gold again
Hold me where the city lights grow dim
Till forever feels as simple as your hand

[Outro]

Where the city lights grow dim
I still find you waiting at the edge of a dream
Where the city lights grow dim
I still choose the road that leads to you upstream