Brighter (Album Version) Lyrics

Brick and mortar and boarded up doors

Shattered stained glass confetti on the floor

A wild dove coos from the lofty decay

He's mourning a forgotten day

Bells used to ring for the Angelus

Angels would kneel when the wine was blessed

Somewhere in the shuffle of a brave new age

The faithful just walked away

And when the crowd turns its back on me

Would you love me like you did when I held the fire?

You know they're the same stars that still shine

Even if they used to shine, Brighter

Well, here it comes again, honey don't be sad

The tough get tougher when the goin' gets bad

A spark starts a fire, a word makes a rhyme

The wind can move a mountain but it just takes time

And should the years treat me unkind,

Would you hold my hand just a little tighter?

You know they're the same stars that still shine

Even if they used to shine, Brighter

Promises kept for all they cost

The incense smoke and battles lost

Outrunning youth 'neath a dark red sun

I find my greatest regrets are what I've left undone

Swept away in a grand decline

The city at night, the street's a mire

Shall we search the earth for where the stars still shine?

We'll find 'em again and find 'em Brighter

It was never theirs, just yours and mine

The poetry of war and a tongue-tied fighter

The vault falls away to a sky divine

And all the stars shining still Brighter