Lost Balloons

I'm too tired to fall asleep
If I fall, might fall too deep
If I let go, might follow you
Into abyss, across taboo

But letting go
Means cutting loose
Whichever shadow that
I choose
An empty promise, trick of light
Revealed as hollow
In the night

I loved you, I loved you
I love you, I love you
Your presence once filled this space
Now just left is an empty face

If I dream, might float too high
Too high and the real... it dies
Drifts through clouds like lost balloons
Where do they go ... so high, too soon?

If I wish upon a star
Do words bridge feelings?
What's apart?
Lonely beacons twinkle light
Remnants of their past delight

I loved you, I loved you
I love you, I love you
Your presence once filled this space
Now left is just my empty face

And I am with you
Though fleeting
I recall everything
Waltz with a shadow
Yeah, I know
Just seconds to refrain
Pretend that you hear me
I loved you
Yes, I still love you
These words give me solace
A heartbeat
To the missing inside

Sometimes I don't follow suit
When it's truth that I should root
I might hide within a song
That's the place where I belong

As dampened bells of Freedom fade
Disinformation, boldly on parade
I clutch the string of my balloon
Thread through the lines
Within a tune

Like Pascal, I grab it
Up, up and away
Up I go, drifting
Far from the hate
Melody take me
I'm hitching a ride
Lose the loss
But for a moment
I hide

And I am with you
Though fleeting
I recall everything
Waltz with a shadow
Yeah, I know
Just seconds to refrain
Pretend that you hear me
I loved you
Yes, I still love you
These words give me solace
A heartbeat
To the missing inside