Where the Streetlights Forget to Shine

Verse

Six a.m. and the block's still sleeping

Steam rising off a cup I'm keeping warm

Porch light flickers like it's barely trying

Sky the color of a half-formed thought

Sneakers wet from the grass I walked through

Nobody's watching, so I let it show

Radio hums something soft and blue

Every window's just a dim gold glow

Pre-Chorus

And the world hasn't started

Hasn't asked me to be anywhere

So I stay in this quiet

Like it's mine to keep, like it's rare

Chorus

Where the streetlights forget to shine

I find a version of peace that's mine

Nothing moving, nothing loud

Just me and this pale gray cloud

Where the streetlights forget to shine

Verse

Corner store sign still flickering slow

Yesterday's rain drying off the eaves

Old dog stretching on a stoop below

Breath like smoke through the sleeves

I remember mornings just like this one

Back when time moved soft and slow

Same quiet hush, same half-lit sun

Some things you never let go

Pre-Chorus

And the world hasn't started

Hasn't asked me to be anywhere

So I stay in this quiet

Like it's mine to keep, like it's rare

Chorus

Where the streetlights forget to shine

I find a version of peace that's mine

Nothing moving, nothing loud

Just me and this pale gray cloud

Where the streetlights forget to shine

Bridge

Maybe stillness is a kind of home

A room with no walls, just light

Maybe I don't need to be known

Just held here, just alright

Chorus

Where the streetlights forget to shine

I find a version of peace that's mine

Nothing moving, nothing loud

Just me and this pale gray cloud

Where the streetlights forget to shine