Golden Hour Eyes

The dust was dancing in the afternoon light

Suspended in the air, refusing to land

We were sitting on the hood of your brother's car

With the engine cooling down beneath your hand

You turned your head to look at the trees

And the sun caught the color of the iris

I stopped breathing for a second or two

Because I realized I was terrifyingly close to you

The world was noisy, the city was loud

But inside the car, there was no sound

Just the ticking of the heat

And the rhythm of the street fading away

Oh, you had golden hour eyes

Reflecting the amber of the skies

I saw a future in the way you blinked

A lifetime in the way we linked

I thought the sun would never set

I thought we hadn't even started yet

Frozen in the amber, perfect and wise

You had golden hour eyes

I memorized the freckles like a constellation

Mapped in the galaxy across your nose

We didn't say a word about love

We didn't have to, I suppose

It was heavy in the warmth

Like a weighted blanket

The kind of silence you don't want to break

I promised myself I would hold it still

If time wouldn't save us the memory well

Oh, you had golden hour eyes

Reflecting the amber of the skies

I saw a future in the way you blinked

A lifetime in the way we linked

I thought the sun would never set

I thought we hadn't even started yet

Frozen in the amber, perfect and wise

You had golden hour eyes

Golden hour

Don't break, don't move

Don't let the shadows prove

Oh, that the night is coming

That the night is always coming

Oh, you had golden hour eyes

Reflecting the amber of the skies

I saw a future in the way you blinked

A lifetime in the way we linked

I thought the sun would never set

I thought we hadn't even started yet

Golden hour

Golden hour