Paper Constellations

Verse 1

We left our bicycles beside the lake

And watched the moonlight shimmer on the waves

The town was sleeping underneath the moon

And every window wore a shade of blue

We drew constellations on a paper sheet

And held them where the sky and water meet

Across the lake, the distant windows glowed

Like little worlds with stories of their own

Pre-Chorus

We had no map

No place to be

Just summer rain

And you with me

Chorus

We made paper constellations

Held them to the sky

Gave the stars new destinations

Drawing worlds between the lines

For a moment, time forgot us

And the world was out of sight

I still hear your laughter ringing

Through that magical night

Verse 2

The corner shop was closing down at two

The radio played a song we both once knew

We bought a box of sparklers at the door

Then rode our bicycles back to the shore

You said the moon looked lonely in the sky

So we drew circles with our sparks held high

And when the morning waited down the road

We rode much slower on the way back home

Bridge

Now every summer storm reminds me

Of bicycles beside the lake

Of raindrops dancing on the water

And every turn we chose to take

We couldn't keep the dawn from coming

We couldn't ask the years to wait

But somewhere just before the morning

We are still seventeen and wide awake

Final Chorus

We made paper constellations

Though we knew they wouldn't stay

Placed our wishes in their orbit

Before morning swept them all away

For a moment, we were endless

Two small sparks against the night

And I still feel the whole world turning

When I close my eyes

We made paper constellations

And released them into flight

Somewhere, they are still above us

In that night

Outro

The town awakened with the sun

But in my heart, the night lives on