Sunrise paints the window pane, a shade of amber-gold
Just like you always said it would, a story to be told
There's still a coffee ring you left on my favorite book
And I swear I caught your shadow in a single, passing look
The floorboards creak a melody that almost sounds like you
Humming softly to a song that only we two knew
And oh, I reach across the sheets to where you used to be
Just to find the empty space staring back at me
Now I'm talking to the silence, 'cause it's got your shape and sound
I'm dancing with a memory, spinning 'round and 'round
And every star that lights the dark on my side of the sky
Is just a little dimmer since you said your last goodbye
Oh, I'm living with the echo in the quiet of my heart
The only love I'll ever know, a world away, apart.
I walked down to the waterfront, where we would watch the tide
You'd trace the constellations with your finger as my guide
I found the stone we skipped that day, the one that flew so far
I keep it in the pocket near your worn-out, blue guitar
And sometimes when the wind is right, I think I hear your laugh
Fading in and fading out, a broken photograph
And oh, I call your name out low, just hoping you might hear
A whisper on the evening breeze, to prove that you're still near
'Cause I'm talking to the silence, 'cause it's got your shape and sound
I'm dancing with a memory, spinning 'round and 'round
And every star that lights the dark on my side of the sky
Is just a little dimmer since you said your last goodbye
Oh, I'm living with the echo in the quiet of my heart
The only love I'll ever know, a world away, apart.
Did you find a peaceful place? Is the music soft and low?
I hope you're running through the fields we only saw in dreams...
'Cause down here, nothing's ever really what it seems... without you.
Living with the echo... in the quiet.
Goodnight, my love... goodnight.
