She always kept the ones here close and bright

She met me in the darkness,

Reached out for my hand and said, "Goodnight"



She's constant like the ringing in my ear

She's drowning out the silence of my fears

I've looked for her reflection

In all the pretty girls throughout the years



She's staring at the shadows,

Dancing on the wall

She's the New York City Skyline,

Bound to catch the heavens if they fall



She never signed her paintings with a name

She surrendered "I love you"s with bitter shame

She echoed in the season

And filled me with her sweet, Italian ray



She's burning like the fires of the sun

She's Friday night when Sunday's almost done

She's fireflies and splinters

Long after the winter has begun



I see her wrapping ribbons

Somewhere down the hall

She's a million simple answers

Waiting for your midnight, drunken call



She's the memory of something you can feel

She's hidden in the world that she conceals

She's strength and every weakness,

Beating in a heart you cannot steal



She never shows the color of her eyes

She's far away but closer than the sky

I'm waiting in her footsteps

If she is not the truth, I'll take the lie



She's a watercolor window

Far across the sea

She's a burning neon spotlight

Shining on the things I cannot leave



She never turns the light out for the moon

She always shows up late when I'm too soon

She's the harmony and whisper

Singing along with all my sappy tunes



She's all the reasons why you run away

She's all the reasons why you wanna stay

Her tangled heart of mystery

Is gonna bleed for someone else someday



I see her in the bedroom

Sleeping next to me

She's enough grace and wisdom

To set the whole world free

She's staring at the shadows,

Dancing on the walls

She's the New York City Skyline,

Bound to catch the heavens if they fall