Gone Without A Trace

[Verse 1]
Coffee’s getting cold on the table
Your side of the bed still made
I reach out my hand like I’m able
To pull you back from yesterday
Your jacket’s still hung by the doorway
Keys in the same old bowl
How can a life look this normal
When you vanished with my soul
[Chorus]
You’re gone without a trace
Not a letter
Not a face
Just your ghost in every corner of this place
Every step I take
Every breath I waste
I’m chasing shadows I can’t ever quite replace
You’re gone without a trace
[Verse 2]
Your name lights my phone in my pocket
But it’s just an old missed call
I still buy your tea at the market
Then remember you’re not here at all
I hear your laugh in strangers
Turn around to empty air
I talk to you in whispers
Like you might still be there
[Chorus]
You’re gone without a trace
Not a letter
Not a face
Just your ghost in every corner of this place
Every step I take
Every breath I waste
I’m chasing shadows I can’t ever quite replace
You’re gone without a trace
[Bridge]
Was it easy just to leave me
Did you practice what to say
Or did you slip out in the quiet
While my heart was looking away
I keep asking all the silence
For the story you erased
But all I get are broken echoes
And the shape of your escape
[Chorus]
You’re gone without a trace
Not a letter
Not a face
Just your ghost in every corner of this place
Every step I take
Every breath I waste
I’m chasing shadows I can’t ever quite replace
You’re gone without a trace
You’re gone without a trace (oh)
You’re gone without a trace

Piano-led ballad with female vocals; intimate, close-mic verse over sparse chords and soft pads, then a wide, swelling chorus with strings and subtle choir beds. First chorus hits with a lift in dynamics, second chorus adds harmonies and dramatic octave vocals. Drum entrance is late and restrained—brushy kick, deep toms—for emotional punctuation, with a gentle reverb tail wrapping the whole mix.