Indigo Girls - Falling Star lyrics

solo album, "Color Me Grey." It was probably written around 1984-6.

Fallin' Star

It's like an ocean tide

Slowly washing my shores away

It's like the sun above

Now, sooner or later, I'll have to face that way

Now she asks me how you're doing

And I tell her you're getting by

But it's pain and numbness

Side by side

You came on the scene

Like a star in the Northern night

She spread her love to you

Like the warmth of a Southern sky

And so it goes on

You know it's night and day

One always slips away

There's no one left to blame

Love falls down, you know

And your heart falls to pieces

And your soul might get lost along the way

All these songs, they used to make you shine

They are just lullabies for your nightmares

I don't want to shed your tears

I followed you Northern star

And I shared the fall with you

Now I felt the cold glow of the sunset

And I saw that liar's moon

Some of us will come down to earth

Some of us will burn

Love's not always as bright as it should be

Tell me, do you want to be free?

Well, your love falls down, you know

And your heart might fall to pieces

And I saw your soul get lost along the way

All these songs, now, they used to make you shine

They are just lullabies for your nightmares

And I'll sing them softly, now

Lately I've felt the warmth

Of the one who tore down my walls

But then I look at you

And your twilight consumes it all, it does

Now I wished upon your falling star

Praying I won't fall that hard

And that my love is all it seems to be

Because I'll swear it set me free

But Emily, I gotta tell you I understand, I understand

When your love flies away, well, honesty

That's about the best you can, the best you can do

But aren't you empty inside, aren't you?

Fallin' Star