Haze Around My Heart

[Verse 1]
Coffee gone cold on the table
Lipstick print on the rim
No one across from my chair now
Just echoes where you’ve been
[Pre-Chorus]
I keep counting the cars on the highway
Like one might be bringing you back
Talking brave in the daytime
But the nighttime knows the cracks
[Chorus]
I’m in a lonely romantic haze
Writing your name on a window stain
Falling for somebody who never stays
But I still save you a place
I’m in a lonely romantic haze
Caught between hurting and wanting the same
Why do I chase what I can’t reclaim
Still I keep standing in the rain
[Verse 2]
Your sweater hangs on the door frame
I swear it’s watching me breathe
Every thread has a story
None of them letting me leave
[Pre-Chorus]
Who am I trying to fool here
Playing tough with a trembling chin
I change the locks
Change the station
But you keep walking back in
[Chorus]
I’m in a lonely romantic haze
Writing your name on a window stain
Falling for somebody who never stays
But I still save you a place
I’m in a lonely romantic haze
Caught between hurting and wanting the same
Why do I chase what I can’t reclaim
Still I keep standing in the rain
[Bridge]
Maybe I love the almost
The promise more than the proof
Maybe I’d rather be haunted
Than live in a world without you (oh)
[Chorus]
I’m in a lonely romantic haze
Tracing our ghosts through the windowpane
Falling for shadows and old clichés
Still I keep saving your place
I’m in a lonely romantic haze
Spinning in circles
I breathe your name
If loving you’s losing
I’ll lose again
While I keep standing in the rain

rock, Moody blues-pop-rock ballad with female vocals; clean tremolo guitar and roomy drums in the verses, bass sitting warm and steady. Choruses swell with overdriven rhythm guitars, piano doubles the topline, and a small choir of backing vocals on key phrases. Bridge strips down to voice and guitar before a final, soaring hook and cymbal wash., romantic, blues, pop