Only When I Sleep

I ride alone through broken lands
My sword is rusted in my hands
The sky remembers what we were
But time has turned it into blur

Your voice, a whisper in the trees
A ghost that bends me to my knees
I chase the echoes, cold and deep
You come to me... only when I sleep

Only when I sleep, you're near
Your touch cuts through the dark like fear
You wear the crown I used to kiss
A kingdom lost to morning's hiss
I bleed for what I cannot keep
You live in me... only when I sleep

I built you towers out of stone
Then watched them fall when you were gone
No war could take what we once had
But peace, somehow, felt twice as sad

The stars still shine with what we knew
But stars can't speak, and neither do you
I guard the night, I do not weep
But I break apart
Only when I sleep

Only when I sleep, you call
My name like armor through the fall
You wear the light I couldn't hold
And leave before the dawn turns cold
No vow I made was ever cheap
Yet I lose you...
Only when I sleep

I've prayed to gods, I've cursed the fates
I've counted every shattered gate
But dreams are cruel, they let you near
Then leave me waking
Without you here

Only when I sleep, I find
A world where you're still mine to bind
But day returns, and I retreat
To battles fought beneath my feet
Your name is carved so dark and deep
And I still love you...
Only when I sleep