pavement secrets Songtext
von NovQ

The pavement shares its secrets through my shoes
A whispered warmth from every step I choose
The skyline′s just a map of dreams I've tossed
A ledger marked with everything it cost
I′ve memorized the weight of empty hands
In distant towns on unfamiliar sands

But you're the echo in the hallway after dark
The single steady unforgotten spark
You're not a palace built for show or keep
You′re just the promise that I′m meant to sleep
And wake up to the rhythm of your breath
The quiet floor that holds me after death
Oh, you're the ghost that I can finally hold
You are my shelter
You are my home


I traded peace for photographs and stamps
A wanderer through all his lonely camps
Collecting scars like souvenirs and art
A tapestry for one unfinished heart
I wore the road like some secondhand coat
′Til all I knew was just the way it smoked

But you're the poetry in evening′s gentle tone
The heartbeat echoing I've always known
You′re not a castle's cold imposing stance
You're the lighthouse guiding me by chance
And waking to the melody we weave
The steadfast floor that doesn′t let me grieve
Oh, you′re the presence I can now embrace
You are my shelter
The safest place

And I've knelt in cathedrals made of frost
And counted every single prayer I′ve lost
And laid them at the altars made of time
But grace was just a concept, not a climb
'Til I unlearned the wanting and the chase
And saw my weary shadow in your space
And knew it for the first and only truth
My shelter, my breath
You are my home
You are my home