C4 - E4 - G4 - E4]
I tracked the mud across the floor, tracing where your boots had been.
[C4 - E4 - G4 - F4]
There’s a groove worn in the hardwood now, a map of everywhere we’ve lived.
[F4 - A4 - C5 - A4]
It’s the friction of a ghost, the weight of things we never said.
[G4 - F4 - E4 - D4]
Just a heavy, quiet pull that keeps me tethered to the bed.
(Chorus)
[C5 - B4 - G4 - E4]
There is a silver wire sewn through the center of my chest.
[C5 - B4 - G4 - G4]
It leads out the window, past the trees, to where you finally rest.
[A4 - G4 - F4 - E4]
It doesn’t snap, it doesn’t fray, no matter how the distance grows.
[D4 - E4 - F4 - G4]
I’m just a kite without a hand, following where the cold wind blows.
(Verse 2)
[C4 - E4 - G4 - E4]
I saw a ripple in the grass today, like someone walked right by my side.
[C4 - E4 - G4 - F4]
The air got thick and resisted me, a place for a memory to hide.
[F4 - A4 - C5 - A4]
They say every motion leaves a wake, a lingering, jagged line.
[G4 - F4 - E4 - D4]
And I am drowning in the current of the life you left behind.
(Bridge)
[A4 - C5 - E5 - D5]
It’s not a choice, this constant lean toward a north I cannot see.
[A4 - C5 - E5 - G5]
I am the anchor, you’re the tide, and you’re still moving under me.
[F5 - E5 - D5 - C5]
The space between us isn’t empty, it’s a hum, a tension, a thrum.
[G4 - G4 - B4 - D5]
Tied to the ghost of a rhythm, beating on a muffled drum.
(Outro)
[C5 - G4 - E4]
Still connected.
[C5 - G4 - D4]
Still caught.
[C5 - B4 - A4 - G4]
The wake you left is all I’ve got.
[E4 - D4 - C4]
(Fading out on a low C)