Love

We used to burn like summer in the nighttime,

Two wild hearts tangled in the dark.

But now the warmth has slipped between the fault lines,

And I can’t feel the fire in your spark.

Every word is colder, every touch is thin,

Like we’re strangers learning how to feel again.

Now we’re standing in the ashes of us,

Where the promises faded into dust.

All the colors that we swore would never rust—

They’re gone, they’re gone.

And the echoes of the love that we knew

Fall like shadows where the light broke through.

Tell me, darling, what else can we do

When the love is gone?

We painted dreams on fragile paper windows,

Believed the wind would never tear them down.

But every lie we whispered in the shadows

Built a kingdom doomed to crumble to the ground.

I still hear the heartbeat that we used to share,

But it’s fading, and it’s pulling us to air.

Now we’re standing in the ashes of us,

Where the promises faded into dust.

All the colors that we swore would never rust—

They’re gone, they’re gone.

And the echoes of the love that we knew

Fall like shadows where the light broke through.

Tell me, darling, what else can we do

When the love is gone?

Maybe someday we’ll remember

How it felt before the fall.

But today we’re just two people

Who can’t recognize it all.

Now we’re standing in the ashes of us,

Hands trembling but we never touch.

All the beauty that we built with so much trust—

It’s gone, it’s gone.

And the echoes of the love that we knew

Fade completely with the last “I love you.”

Tell me, darling, what else can we do

When the love is gone?