Friends Beneath the Cosmic Night
heartfelt epic song about two friends a boy and a girl who grew up on the streets on another world watching the cosmic night reminiscing about how they use play pretend, tell stories as kids and their daily struggles do not use star use cello and piano
Lyrics
[Intro]
[Cello solo, deep and resonant, joined by melancholic piano chords]
[Verse]
We sat on the edge of the rusted freighter hull
Two small ghosts in a world of scrap and stone
You drew maps in the dust with a jagged pipe
While the three moons pulled at the heavy air
We didn’t have shoes, but we had the stories
Of heroes who lived where the sky turns green
Scavenging for scrap just to buy a meal
Making a kingdom out of the machine
[Chorus]
Look up at the velvet night
We were kings of the alleyway
Far above the heavy smoke
We were kings of the alleyway
Just you and I
Chasing the light
[Verse]
Do you remember that night by the cooling towers?
You said you’d build a ship to leave the grime
We used to pretend we were sky-born pilots
Counting down the seconds of a stolen time
The hunger was a weight we learned to carry
A secret we shared in the cold and the dark
But when we closed our eyes, the dust was magic
Every falling ember was a holy spark
[Chorus]
Look up at the velvet night
We were kings of the alleyway
Far above the heavy smoke
We were kings of the alleyway
Just you and I
Chasing the light
[Bridge]
[Cello builds in intensity, piano melody becomes rapid and driving]
The streets tried to break us, to keep us down low
But we found a rhythm only we could know
Through the hunger and the rain, through the iron and the rust
We kept our promises written in the dust
Now we’re standing tall, but we don't forget
The two kids waiting for the moons to set
[Chorus]
Look up at the velvet night
We were kings of the alleyway
Far above the heavy smoke
We were kings of the alleyway
Just you and I
Chasing the light
[Outro]
[Piano fades to a single repeating note, cello plays a long, low final chord]
Just you and I
Still chasing the light
Kings of the alleyway
[Outro]