When Stars Remember Songtext
von HofB
When Stars Remember Songtext
I′ve been staring at Betelgeuse tonight
They say it might be gone, but I still see its light
Seven hundred years crossing the void to find my eyes
Just like your voice still echoes, though we said goodbye
The telescope reveals what once was, never now
Every constellation's just a memory somehow
We′re always looking backward at the things we think we see
Maybe that's the only way you're still here next to me
Time and distance bend the truth we know
But some things burn too bright to ever let go
When stars remember, they keep shining on
Long after the fire that made them is gone
Your light still reaches me across the dark
A ghost of fusion still igniting my heart
They say nothing escapes, not even light can flee
A black hole′s gravity, the weight of memory
But before the event horizon swallows everything
There′s one last photon racing, one last chance to sing
I collect your moments like astronomers collect old light
Catalog each wavelength, every color burning bright
You're lightyears gone but somehow you′re still arriving here
The past keeps reaching forward, making everything so clear
Time and distance bend the truth we know
But some things burn too bright to ever let go
When stars remember, they keep shining on
Long after the fire that made them is gone
Your light still reaches me through endless space
I see you in the cosmos, written on my face
We're all just afterimages, beautiful and far
But I still see you burning like a dying star
Maybe we′re all ancient history to someone
Looking back through space at what we've become
Our light escaping outward, never truly lost
Every life′s a supernova, worth the cost
Somewhere in the future, someone's looking back at now
Seeing us still blazing, wondering how
We shine so bright, not knowing we're already gone
Maybe that′s the secret, maybe that′s how we live on
When stars remember, we keep shining on
Long after the fire that made us is gone
Your light still reaches me across the years
A constant in the cosmos, calming all my fears
We're all just afterimages, beautiful and far
Forever reaching forward, like a dying star
And now I understand what we are
We′re all just light escaping from a dying star
I'll keep watching the sky
Where nothing ever truly dies
They say it might be gone, but I still see its light
Seven hundred years crossing the void to find my eyes
Just like your voice still echoes, though we said goodbye
The telescope reveals what once was, never now
Every constellation's just a memory somehow
We′re always looking backward at the things we think we see
Maybe that's the only way you're still here next to me
Time and distance bend the truth we know
But some things burn too bright to ever let go
When stars remember, they keep shining on
Long after the fire that made them is gone
Your light still reaches me across the dark
A ghost of fusion still igniting my heart
They say nothing escapes, not even light can flee
A black hole′s gravity, the weight of memory
But before the event horizon swallows everything
There′s one last photon racing, one last chance to sing
I collect your moments like astronomers collect old light
Catalog each wavelength, every color burning bright
You're lightyears gone but somehow you′re still arriving here
The past keeps reaching forward, making everything so clear
Time and distance bend the truth we know
But some things burn too bright to ever let go
When stars remember, they keep shining on
Long after the fire that made them is gone
Your light still reaches me through endless space
I see you in the cosmos, written on my face
We're all just afterimages, beautiful and far
But I still see you burning like a dying star
Maybe we′re all ancient history to someone
Looking back through space at what we've become
Our light escaping outward, never truly lost
Every life′s a supernova, worth the cost
Somewhere in the future, someone's looking back at now
Seeing us still blazing, wondering how
We shine so bright, not knowing we're already gone
Maybe that′s the secret, maybe that′s how we live on
When stars remember, we keep shining on
Long after the fire that made us is gone
Your light still reaches me across the years
A constant in the cosmos, calming all my fears
We're all just afterimages, beautiful and far
Forever reaching forward, like a dying star
And now I understand what we are
We′re all just light escaping from a dying star
I'll keep watching the sky
Where nothing ever truly dies
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