Red Giant from MIDNIGHT DRAPE by MIDNIGHT DRAPE

Verse 1
When you walk on marbled ground,
Don’t forget, they watch below.
From the depths they see who’s staring,
Silent eyes we’ll never know.
When you’re there, hold on to memory,
Step ahead, let them see clear.
We don’t know what words to offer,
They just smile, they wave, we fear.
We know they do not cry.
We know they rise before the light.
Chorus
Falling stars,
Nebulae,
Constellations in the night.
Shining planets far away,
Burning softly out of sight.
Falling stars,
Nebulae,
We know they rise before the light.
Verse 2
On dark nights I like to think
They can see what we can’t touch:
Falling stars and distant colours,
Endless skies that mean so much.
With the living it’s the same now,
They wave back when we appear.
We know they cry behind the silence,
We know they wake before the clear.
Chorus
Falling stars,
Nebulae,
Constellations in the night.
Shining planets far away,
Burning softly out of sight.
Falling stars,
Nebulae,
We know they rise before the light.
Verse 3
Time feels distant, slips away,
Essence slowly fades from view.
They leave sunflowers in the fields,
They leave the full moons we once knew.
No birdsong calling in the air,
No scent of earth, no steady breath.
They lose themselves in searching nothing,
Trapped in tales that taste of death.
Bridge
And then… only then they feel
A longing held in frozen air,
For what is real but won’t remain,
For what will fade from being there.
A race against the hands of time,
A sorrow known before goodbye.
Final Chorus
Falling stars,
Nebulae,
Constellations burning bright.
Shining planets far away,
Cutting through eternal night.
Falling stars,
Nebulae,
Now at last they see the light.


— Lyrics © Luísa Martins Fernandes.
Poem from the book *Abismo* —

• Spoken Word
• alternativa
• Portugal