Counting Stars Like They Would Know

Verse 1

She lived where the trains don’t stop for long

Faded paint on a fence, spring gone

Old dog runs beneath the porch lamp

She'd trace wishes in dust, one damp hand

Small town sleeping, shops all closed

Breath fogs up quiet, lucky gold

Every night, sky turning gold

She'd wait on the windowsill, shivering cold

Whispers in the lavender air

Like he could just be standing there

All she carries are his letters, creased

Names on a cracked old wall, release

One word

Every line still burns

Pre-Chorus

Letters folded in her drawer

Footsteps fading at the door

She believed in something more

Even when the silence roared

Chorus

She waited by the window

Counting stars like they would know

If love could cross the miles below

And find its way back home

Through the thunder, through the snow

Through the years that moved so slow

She held a flame that wouldn’t go

A heart that stayed her own

Verse 2

He left, suitcase full of fears

Promises caught in trembling tears

Said, I’ll return before leaves fall

September rusted — no words at all

She learned to smile at passing days

Hide her hope in hushed ballet

An old train wailed down the track

Every whistle sounding like him coming back

Days drift

Each hope split

Every autumn grown older

Shoulders tight in the mirror

But where her heart kept summer

Destiny was getting clearer

Pre-Chorus

Town grew older, so did she

Still believed in destiny

Love’s not bound by what we see

It’s written in eternity

Chorus

She waited by the window

Counting stars like they would know

If love could cross the miles below

And find its way back home

Through the thunder, through the snow

Through the years that moved so slow

She held a flame that wouldn’t go

A heart that stayed her own

Bridge

One cold night, a knock at last

Echoed straight from her silent past

Time stood still, breath held tight

Fate, hope, memory — all collide

He stood there older, worn

Eyes like sunrise after storm

He whispered, "I never let you go

You were always home"

Final Chorus

She waited by the window

But she doesn’t wait no more

Love came walking through her door

Like it promised long before

Through the thunder, through the snow

Through the years that shaped her soul

Some hearts break and some hearts grow

But hers refused to fold

Outro

Now the trains slice through the town

But she don’t watch them slowing down

Love once lost was finally found

For the girl who waited by the window