Emerald Shooting Star

Emerald shooting star in a cracked up sky
Blink and you miss it, but we saw it fly
In a world gone mad, still we got that spark
Emerald shooting star lighting up the dark
Emerald shooting star, yeah we saw the sign
Two lost souls in the chaos of the timeline

Lazy days, Audley End, sun on the estate
Spliff in the breeze while the hours run late
Ashdon to Linton on a slow back road
Bartlow, Chesterfords, where the wheat fields grow
Littlebury lanes where the hedgerows bend
Just two young hearts and a bag to blend
Night fell soft on the edge of the farm
Glow worms shining in the soil like charm

Emerald shooting star in a cracked up sky
Blink and you miss it, but we saw it fly
In a world gone mad, still we got that spark
Emerald shooting star lighting up the dark
Emerald shooting star, yeah we saw the sign
Two lost souls in the chaos of the timeline

He said "I need something just to quiet my mind"
Little white lies that anxiety finds
Self-medicate till the spiral went deep
Hospital lights while the whole world sleeps
Flatline silence in the side room air
She's by the bed in a plastic chair
Ran to me, held on like she might drown
Hardest hug I ever felt, I still feel it now

When he went under, guess who held the weight
Suitcase stash like a chemist's crate
Driving too fast with a boot full of sin
Hit the guard rail, nearly done me in
Flushed the worst of it down cold porcelain
Kept what I thought I could answer for within
Ran home quick while the blue lights shone
Coppers smelled trouble but they left it alone

Emerald shooting star in a cracked up sky
Blink and you miss it, but we saw it fly
In a world gone mad, still we got that spark
Emerald shooting star lighting up the dark
Emerald shooting star, yeah we saw the sign
Two lost souls in the chaos of the timeline

Tiny chest full of molecules and dreams
Every page from PiHKAL in between
TiHKAL whispers in a powder line trail
Walking in the steps of Shulgin's tale
My electric cool-aid test in the dead of night
Kesey couldn't match that fractured light
Alice and the rabbit every other door
Beauty in the void I'd never seen before
Even in the gutter with my soul scarred far
Still laid back staring at the stars

Rock bottom cold, needed one good friend
She'd moved north where the islands bend
Far from the wreckage we left down south
Salt wind healing in the Highland mouth
I turned up anyway with my storms and scars
She made a space like an open bar
First time waking to a smile in years
Not a slammed door or the sound of tears
Talked for hours on the coastal trail
Dog running wild through the heather veil
Then that night in the sky so far
Bright green fire… an emerald star

Emerald shooting star in a midnight sky
We both looked up as it burned on by
In a world of chaos, broken and scarred
Emerald shooting star lighting the dark
Emerald shooting star — maybe that was the sign
Two lost souls finally leaving the night