What We Used to Be

[Verse]
The echoes of your laugh still linger here
In the hollow of a room we called our own
Your shadow's dancing on the walls of memory
[Prechorus]
The whispers fade but never die
Like embers in a winter sky
[Chorus]
What we used to be
A melody lost in the breeze
A story carved in fallen leaves
What we used to be
It haunts me
It holds me
It sets me free
[Verse 2]
The photographs are faded
Edges worn
But your smile still feels like yesterday
I trace the cracks
The lines of where we’ve been
[Bridge]
Time’s a thief with gentle hands
It steals the moments
Leaves the plans
But even as it takes
It leaves behind
The faintest glow of what was mine
[Chorus]
What we used to be
A melody lost in the breeze
A story carved in fallen leaves
What we used to be
It haunts me
It holds me
It sets me free

slow, evoking nostalgia and bittersweet emotion, acoustic ballad with soft piano and light strings, gentle