Stars Don't Turn Away (Demo)

“Mm… night so wide… don’t leave me lonely.” [VERSE 1 (V)] The sky been watchin’ me wander, every night I call his name. Stars hang low like old reminders, burnin’ slow above my pain. I feel him in the hush between heartbeats, in the shadows where the night runs deep. [PRE‑CHORUS (P)] I lift my hands to the dark, soft as a cry, warm as a plea. If heaven’s listenin’ tonight, I need it to hear me. [ CHORUS (C) — with Choir (H)] MARIEENNE: Bring him back to me… Stars, don’t turn away tonight. You been holdin’ all my secrets in your cold and ancient light. Bring him back to me… I’m standin’ underneath your shine. CHOIR (H): Bring him back… bring him back… Stars don’t turn away… Bring him back to her… tonight… [VERSE 2 (V)] His memory moves like warm smoke, curlin’ slow around my soul. I taste him in the midnight quiet, in the places where I’m not whole. But the sky keeps pullin’ me upward, like it knows somethin’ I don’t know. [ PRE‑CHORUS (P)] I breathe deep, let the night surround me, let the truth rise soft and free. If the stars can carry stories, carry this one back to me. [ CHORUS (C) — with Choir (H)] MARIEENNE: Bring him back to me… Stars, don’t turn away tonight. You been holdin’ all my heartbreak in your cold and ancient light. Bring him back to me… I’m standin’ underneath your shine. CHOIR (H): Bring him back… bring him back… Stars don’t turn away… Bring him back to her… tonight… [ BRIDGE (B)] MARIEENNE: If he’s lost, if he’s hurt, if he’s driftin’ far from home… Let your light fall around him, show him he ain’t alone. Carry my voice through the darkness, carry my love through the sky… Stars, if you hear me cryin’, don’t let this be goodbye. CHOIR (H): No goodbye… no goodbye… Bring him home… bring him home… [ FINAL CHORUS (C) — with Choir (H)] MARIEENNE: Bring him back to me… Stars, don’t turn away tonight. Hold him close inside your glow, guide him back into my life. Bring him back to me… I’m standin’ underneath your shine. CHOIR (H): Bring him back… bring him back… Stars don’t turn away… Bring him back to her… tonight… Tonight… tonight… bring him back…