Evermore

Lyrics

I was the king who held the sun,
I thought my will could shape the stars
I never questioned where her freedom led her steps,
I only guarded all my scars

Now every echo calls her name,
I turn away but she’s still near
She slipped beyond the reach of all my desperate grasp,
Yet still her memory’s here

Now I know I cannot keep her,
Even as she flies away
She will still remind me,
Guide me, haunt me,
Shape me, come what may
Pacing through this gilded palace,
Staring at an open door,
I tell myself she might return,
And stay with me for evermore

I fought against the weight of love,
I cursed the shadows in my throne
Though she has wandered far beyond the life we built,
I never walk alone

Now I know I cannot keep her,
Even as she fades from view
She will still transform me,
Live within the things I choose to do
Roaming through this empty kingdom,
Listening for her steps once more,
I tell myself she might return—
And as the long, long nights endure,
I’ll dream of all we could have been,
Waiting here for evermore