Falling Star Lyrics - Indigo Girls

"Fallin' Star" is an Amy Ray song. It appears on her early demo/ 

solo album, "Color Me Grey." It was probably written around 1984-6. 

Fallin' Star 

It's like an ocean tide 

Slowly washing my shores away 

It's like the sun above 

Now, sooner or later, I'll have to face that way 

Now she asks me how you're doing 

And I tell her you're getting by 

But it's pain and numbness 

Side by side 

You came on the scene 

Like a star in the Northern night 

She spread her love to you 

Like the warmth of a Southern sky 

And so it goes on 

You know it's night and day 

One always slips away 

There's no one left to blame 

Love falls down, you know 

And your heart falls to pieces 

And your soul might get lost along the way 

All these songs, they used to make you shine 

They are just lullabies for your nightmares 

I don't want to shed your tears 

I followed you Northern star 

And I shared the fall with you 

Now I felt the cold glow of the sunset 

And I saw that liar's moon 

Some of us will come down to earth 

Some of us will burn 

Love's not always as bright as it should be 

Tell me, do you want to be free? 

Well, your love falls down, you know 

And your heart might fall to pieces 

And I saw your soul get lost along the way 

All these songs, now, they used to make you shine 

They are just lullabies for your nightmares 

And I'll sing them softly, now 

Lately I've felt the warmth 

Of the one who tore down my walls 

But then I look at you 

And your twilight consumes it all, it does 

Now I wished upon your falling star 

Praying I won't fall that hard 

And that my love is all it seems to be 

Because I'll swear it set me free 

But Emily, I gotta tell you I understand, I understand 

When your love flies away, well, honesty 

That's about the best you can, the best you can do 

But aren't you empty inside, aren't you? 

Fallin' Star. 

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