Fade Away

[Verse 1]
Left your sweater on my chair
Still smells like last June air
Coffee cup with your lipstick stain
Little ghosts in everything
You’re scrolling miles away
On a couch we used to share
Same room, different suns
Talking like strangers do
[Chorus]
As you fade away
Right in front of me
Color draining slow
From every memory
I reach out my hand
But you won’t even stay
You’re here, but you’re gone
As you fade away (fade away)
[Verse 2]
You laugh, but not with me
At a joke I’ll never see
Your eyes drift to the door
Like you’re halfway on the street
We sleep like bookends now
Cold wall down the sheets
I’m counting all the words
We never learned to speak
[Chorus]
As you fade away
Right in front of me
Color draining slow
From every memory
I reach out my hand
But you won’t even stay
You’re here, but you’re gone
As you fade away (fade away)
[Bridge]
Did you leave last night
Or years ago?
Was there one sharp cut
Or a hundred blows?
I’m screaming your name
But it sounds so strange
Echo in a house
We already exchanged
[Chorus]
As you fade away
Right in front of me
Color draining slow
From every memory
I reach out my hand
But you won’t even stay
You’re here, but you’re gone
As you fade away
As you fade away (yeah)
As you fade away

rock, Crunchy 90s alternative rock guitars, mid-tempo groove, male vocals with a raw, slightly raspy edge. Verses sit in a tighter, palm-muted pocket; choruses explode with wide, overdriven power chords and roomy drums. Bass pushes the chorus forward; a simple, melodic lead guitar line doubles the vocal hook on the last chorus. Subtle backing “oohs” in the bridge for lift, then a hard, clipped ending on the final word., male vocals, alternative rock