Lyrics

Desert Star Prayer

[Verse 1]
I laid me down in sand
By the bones of dusk
Brother, can you hear me?
The wind won’t give you up

I looked to the heavens
To the fires above
Your name on my tongue
Like a wound I love

[Pre-Chorus]
I count the stars
One by one
I count the scars
What has come

[Chorus]
Brother, come back
Brother, come back
I call your name
Into the black

Brother, come back
Brother, come back
I hold this grief
And I do not crack

[Verse 2]
Your tracks are gone now
Covered by the night
But I still see you
On the edge of my sight

I hear your footsteps
In the dry tall grass
Then the silence breaks me
And the moment passes

[Pre-Chorus]
I count the stars
One by one
I count the scars
What has come

[Chorus]
Brother, come back
Brother, come back
I call your name
Into the black

Brother, come back
Brother, come back
I hold this grief
And I do not crack

[Bridge]
If you reached the sky
Tell the moon my pain
Tell the eastern morning
Not to call me tame

I will keep your ember
I will keep your face
Even in the dark now
I will know your place

[Final Chorus]
Brother, come back
Brother, come back
I call your name
Into the black

Brother, come back
Brother, come back
I hold this grief
And I do not crack

Brother, come back
Brother, come back
In the stars above
I still feel your blood

David Rose