I can’t keep you awake
But you can’t stay, always dreaming.
Take heed behind our shadows
For time can be misleading.
Our act is on the road now
The circus is a hit.
We juggle blades and fire
For anyone who’ll sit.
I keep the torch light burning
So this show might never stop.
I hide out in plain sight, and
Hold my breath in case you drop.
Like a candle lit on one end
Wishing I could burn the other.
Just to sit and watch it melt
With our hands held under cover.
I brought you to my orbit, and
You shined on me a light.
When your embers left my atmosphere,
The day returned to night.
So I’ll go back to counting stars
And you’ll be counting sheep,
Until I fall back in the cosmos
And you fall right back to sleep.