[Verse 1]
I packed your map beside the window glass
A paper moon, a photograph from home
The launch clock counted down in amber lines
Then Earth fell quiet, blue and all alone

[Pre-Chorus]
Past the rings of Saturn, past the radio
Your hand found mine where no directions go

[Chorus]
Carry me where the constellations turn
Across the dark, toward a new sunrise
We’ll cross the miles no compass ever learned
With all our old-world names still in our eyes
If every distant sun is something new
I’ll take the long way through the stars with you

[Verse 2]
We watched the planets shrink to colored beads
A silver comet stitched the cabin view
You drew a tiny garden on the glass
And labeled every leaf with somewhere true

[Pre-Chorus]
No map can tell us what we’ll find below
But every mile makes somewhere feel like home

[Chorus]
Carry me where the constellations turn
Across the dark, toward a new sunrise
We’ll cross the miles no compass ever learned
With all our old-world names still in our eyes
If every distant sun is something new
I’ll take the long way through the stars with you

[Bridge]
When sleep comes softly, keep the window wide
Let distant worlds move slowly through the blue
And if we wake beneath another sky
I’ll know the way by reaching out to you

[Final Chorus]
Carry me where the constellations turn
Across the dark, toward a new sunrise
We’ll cross the miles no compass ever learned
And leave a little room for wonder’s light
If every distant sun is something new
I’ll take the long way through the stars with you

[Outro]
The stars grow strange, the morning comes in view
I take the long way through the stars with you