[Verse]
Forty-nine candles in the dark they flicker
Faces in the smoke I see them quicker
Names carved in the air like they never left
Time’s a thief and it deals in theft
[Prechorus]
I count the ones not here no more
Each name a knock on heaven’s door
[Chorus]
Any day could be my day
The clock don’t stop it ticks away
I see their eyes in the night
Forty-nine shadows taking flight
[Verse 2]
Old school halls echo with their laughter
But the echoes fade they go no farther
The yearbook smiles now feel like ghosts
Memory’s a party with too many toasts
[Bridge]
What will they say when I’m the name
A picture framed a frozen flame
Will I be a shadow too
Or just a whisper in the blue
[Chorus]
Any day could be my day
The clock don’t stop it ticks away
I see their eyes in the night
Forty-nine shadows taking flight