The Sky That Stayed

When every light tried to die, the sky above us stayed When every bell lost its sound, the sky above us stayed When all our fires turned to ash, a quiet dawn was made Over the Last City rose the sky that stayed We learned to count the stars by what was gone To build our homes where broken walls held on Ghosts in the alleys, names carved into stone Still we were never standing here alone Through Light and Darkness, through the longest night We felt you burning on the edge of sight Not as a promise far away But as the sky that stayed The sky that stayed The sky that stayed When the whole world shook, you did not drift away The sky that stayed The sky that stayed Over every tear, over every grave We raise our hands to the dawn you made You are the sky, the sky that stayed We crossed the wound where silent echoes start Into the Pale Heart, into memory's dark The Witness whispered, "Let forever freeze" But we kept breathing on our knees Through Light and Darkness, through the end of days We found our voices in a broken place Not as the lost, not as afraid We found the sky that stayed The sky that stayed The sky that stayed When the whole world shook, you did not drift away The sky that stayed The sky that stayed Over every tear, over every grave We raise our hands to the dawn you made You are the sky, the sky that stayed Not just a moon above the wall Not just a sign when empires fall Not just a dream the brave ones chase You became our open space Not just a light we had to earn Not just a flame that had to burn After the war, after the pain We looked up and spoke your name Hold the line Hold the flame Hold the City Say the name Light in our bones Hope in the gray Look to the sky The sky that stayed The sky that stayed The sky that stayed When the whole world shook, you did not drift away The sky that stayed The sky that stayed Over every tear, over every grave The sky that stayed The sky that stayed Through the Pale Heart fire, through the final day The sky that stayed The sky that stayed We were born from loss, but we rise from faith We raise our hands to the dawn you made You are the sky, the sky that stayed Above the Last City, after night and blade Still shining over us The sky that stayed