This light left its star before I was born (before I was born)
It's just arriving now, tonight
Everything I'm looking at is already gone
And still it's giving me its light

Orion's belt has three stars in a row
Two are dying, one already has
He used to point at them and laugh and say
We're all just light delayed, delayed

So maybe he's still out here somehow (still out here)
Traveling slower than the grief
Maybe love just needs more time to reach you
Than the moment that it leaves

This light left its star before I was born
It's just arriving now, tonight
Everything I'm looking at is already gone
And still it's giving me its light

I used to think that gone meant gone
I used to think that dark meant done
But even dead stars leave a light behind them
Still traveling, still traveling on

This light left its star before I was born
It's still arriving, it's still here
Everything I love that's already gone
Is somehow, somehow, always near (always near)