Distant Dreams

[Verse]
I crossed a thousand miles alone
Left everything to start again
Searching for a new sunrise
By that lake you go to find
Where water holds your silent mind
I never thought I’d fall
[Pre-Chorus]
I gave you roses in the rain
Held you close when nights were dark
Tried to heal your pain
But shadows kept us apart
[Chorus]
I could’ve been your light in storms
Kept you warm when you felt cold
But you fight ghosts you cannot see
Running from love that tried to keep you
Now I know love’s not enough
When someone’s broken inside
[Verse]
Each night we’d walk back to that lake
Bare feet on the open grass
Dancing in the sunset’s light
Laughing under sky so vast
As if the world was ours to hold
As if there were no past
[Pre-Chorus]
But when our dance would end
Your eyes drifted far away
And though I held you close
Your heart was lost in yesterday
[Verse]
I wrote by water’s side for you
As the moonlight watched us both
I did all that love could do
But saw a distance in your soul
Trapped in memories of days long gone
Someone else you couldn’t let go
[Bridge]
In that lake where we’d dance
Where we dreamed and held hands
Only broken dreams remain
[Final Chorus]
I could’ve been your light in storms
Kept you warm when you felt cold
But y