Sky Looks Different

[Verse 1]
The sky looks different
Since you’ve been gone
Every color on the horizon
Feels like you’re still holding on
I catch myself talking
Up into that glow
Like you’re just a little higher
On a front porch I don’t know
[Chorus]
The sky looks different when you’ve got family up there
You send a sunset when I’m lonely
Like you heard my worn-out prayer
You paint those colors just to make me smile
Then let the rain fall where I lay
To wash these tears a little while
Soft breeze on my face
Feels like a gentle hug you saved
Yeah, the sky looks different
When you’ve got family up there
[Verse 2]
Some days it’s cloudy
And I can’t see through
Then a break in all that gray
Lets a little gold shine through
I drive out past the wheat fields
Let the evening turn to flame
And in that quiet, in that color
I swear I hear my name
[Chorus]
The sky looks different when you’ve got family up there
You send a sunset when I’m lonely
Like you heard my worn-out prayer
You paint those colors just to make me smile
Then let the rain fall where I lay
To wash these tears a little while
Soft breeze on my face
Feels like a gentle hug you saved
Yeah, the sky looks different
When you’ve got family up there
[Bridge]
Maybe you’re the reason
Red runs into blue
Every streak a little story
Every star a piece of you (mmm)
[Chorus]
The sky looks different when you’ve got family up there
You send a sunset when I’m broken
Like you still pull up a chair
You paint those colors just to make me smile
Then let the rain fall where I pray
To wash my tears for just a while
Soft breeze on my face
Feels like a gentle hug you saved
Yeah, the sky looks different
When you’ve got family up there
Yeah, the sky looks different
But it feels like you’re still here

country, Modern country ballad with female vocals, warm acoustic guitar and subtle pedal steel, gentle verses that sit close and intimate, chorus swells with rich harmonies, light brushed drums, and rounded bass; bridge lifts with a key change feel and airy backing oohs, then drops to a soft final hook, female vocals, beautiful, soft, gentle