Indigo Girls - Fallin' Star lyrics

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