Stubborn Star

[Intro] I slow my breath, count to dawn, I’m learning how to hold my own heart [Verse 1] I watch you from a distance, careful with every word I choose My hands tremble when I whisper your name, afraid the truth might bruise If I spoke the depths of me, would you stay or would you drift away? I paint our future in the quiet, but you only see today [Pre-Chorus] The words stack in my chest like rain, unsent, heavy, and almost free If love is a choice, I’d pick you still, even if you never choose me [Chorus] I’m reaching through the silence, hoping you might hear my heart The dream of you beside me shines like a stubborn star If you ever felt the same, I’d lay my all out on the table Till then I bear this longing, patient, fragile, and faithful [Verse 2] I write you letters only in my head, with ink that never dries I picture mornings waking up to your smile, a sunrise in your eyes Yet you move like a breeze that never stops for me, too soft to catch I hold the ache and call it love, a map to a door we might unlock [Pre-Chorus] The words split open in the dark, a lighthouse beacon faint and far I’d trade a thousand quiet moments for one honest confession rising like a star [Chorus] I’m reaching through the silence, hoping you might hear my heart The dream of you beside me shines like a stubborn star If you ever felt the same, I’d lay my all out on the table Till then I bear this longing, patient, fragile, and faithful [Bridge] If hope is a constellations of could-be, I’d line the sky with every sign I’m learning to believe in me, even if you never call me mine [Chorus] I’m reaching through the silence, hoping you might hear my heart The dream of you beside me shines like a stubborn star If you ever felt the same, I’d lay my all out on the table Till then I bear this longing, patient, fragile, and faithful [Outro] Until the day your gaze meets mine, I’ll keep my promise to the quiet heart inside One truth remains: love is real, even when you never realize