I painted dreams in colors you would wear

A tiny heartbeat, love already there

We named a future that the stars erased

Now every sunrise feels a little misplaced

Everyone says time will fix me

They do not know what you mean to me

Never got to hold you

Never saw you breathe

You were gone before the world

Knew what you could be

Still I whisper goodnight

To the space in my life

You are love that hasn’t faded

Though you slipped out of sight

There is a silence where your laughter should ring

Empty arms learning how to carry this sting

I keep surviving one heartbeat at a time

Trying to trust that the sun will still shine

Some days I break just remembering

You changed me without ever arriving

Never got to hold you

Never saw you breathe

You were gone before the world

Knew what you could be

Still I whisper goodnight

To the space in my life

You are love that hasn’t faded

Though you slipped out of sight

If love is a lifetime

You lived one in my heart

No distance of heaven

Can pull us apart

I will carry your name

Till the day that I see

You were always still mine

You are always with me

Never got to hold you

Never saw you breathe

Yet you taught me how to fight

When I could barely see

I will whisper goodnight

To the light you ignite

You are love that keeps me standing

Even through the darkest nights

You are love that keeps me breathing

You are love I still believe in