Sixth floor of the parking garage
Your jacket laid out on the
stone
The stairwell light hums gold behind
us
A door still open back to
home
You counted seven stars,
then the haze
Came in and carried off the
rest
You said they're only being quiet
And quiet
isn't the same as gone
So don't tell me forever
Don't tell me it's meant to
be
Just stay until my breathing slows
Stay until it's easy to breathe
Starlet,
starlet
All light taking years to arrive
Starlet,
starlet
All I ever asked was for
you to be mine
No fireworks, no grand surprise Just
your shoulder and a borrowed sky
Starlet,
starlet Don't say forever
Just stay tonight
Two winters on another roof Different
city, higher rent I found four
stars between the cranes And named
them all the things you meant
You're three time zones from a
jacket Still hanging off the back
of my chair Half a sky
is mostly nothing And it's still
the sky still here
Starlet, starlet
All light taking years to arrive
Starlet,
starlet
All I ever asked was for
you to be mine
No fireworks, no grand surprise Just
your shoulder and a borrowed sky
Starlet,
starlet Don't say forever
Just stay tonight The light we
see is already old
Some of it left a star
that's dead
Maybe that's all that staying is
Showing up with nothing left So
I don't wait for a bigger
sky
I keep the small ones,
keep the few
And when the haze comes back
tomorrow I'll be the light that
reaches you
Starlet,
starlet
All light taking years to arrive
Starlet,
starlet
All I ever asked was for
you to be mine No fireworks,
no grand surprise Just your shoulder
and a borrowed sky
Starlet,
starlet Don't say forever
Just stay tonight
Don't say forever
Just stay tonight Starlet,
starlet
Quiet isn't the same as gone