Ghost of the Flame

I still hear your name in the silence

The coffee's gone cold on the counter again

Same little lie I keep telling myself

The time will erase what I can't comprehend

But your shadow still lives on the shelf

I walk past the door where you used to come through

Like maybe the handle still knows your touch

And every small thing in this tired old room

Keeps reminding me I loved you too much

I said, I'll be fine by the morning light

The morning just makes it clearer

I can fake a smile, I can lose the fight

But I can't make the memory ending near

If love was a fire, then you were the flame

Burning so bright, now it's only the pain

I'm hoarding the ashes for calling your name

Like somehow the smoke can't bring you back again

And I try to move on, but I'm tied to the past

To a hearse that believed we were built to last

If love was a fire, than I'm in the rain

Trying to keep warm with the ghost of the flame

The city keeps coming like nothing has changed

Neon headlights and people in love

And I'm in the middle of streets rearranged

With a sky that forgot what we were made of

I found an old note in a pocket of jeans

Three little words that still cut like glass

Funny how all of the sweetest memories

Are the hardest ones still at past

I said, I'll be fine by the morning light

But the morning just makes it clearer

I can take a smile, I can lose the fight

But I can't make the memory any nearer

If love was a fire, then you were the flame

Burning so bright, now it's only the pain

I'm holding the ashes, I'm calling your name

Like somehow the smoke can't break it back again

And I try to move on, but I'm tied to the past

To a heart that believed we were built to last

If love was a fire, than I'm in the rain

Tryna keep warm with the ghost of the flame

Maybe goodbye was a priest to the light

Maybe we burned just to learn how to fall

But some part of me still reaches at night for a love that won't answer at all

If I let you go, who am I without the ache, the hope, the beautiful doubt?

I'm learning the shape of this empty space

One breath, one bruise, one quiet death

If love was a fire, then you were the flame

Burning so bright, now it's only the pain

I'm holding the ash, still calling your name

Like somehow the smoke can't bring you back again

And maybe I'll heal, maybe time will be kind

Maybe one day I won't look behind

If blood is a fire, then it left its mark

But even the embers can light up the dark

Mm, yeah

Even the embers can light up the darkness

I still hear your name in the signs