Second Choice

In the corner of my mind where it’s dark and it’s deep

Lies a memory of a time when dreams didn’t sleep

Whispers of laughter like ghosts in the wind

Fading fast now don’t know where I've been

Faces like shadows in a flickering frame

Moments so vivid now lost to the flame

Held your hand in a world gone before

Now just echoes through an old creaking door

Fading memories like smoke in the air

Chasing pictures that just aren't there

Time's cruel hands they steal and they take

Leaving silence in every wake

Wrote your name in the sand by the sea

Waves came crashing and took you from me

Songs we danced to now just static and noise

Left with nothing but lost girls and boys

Can’t hold on to what’s slipping away

Trying to catch the light of yesterday

But the harder I grasp the less I find

Fading memories leaving me blind

Fading memories like smoke in the air

Chasing pictures that just aren't there

Time's cruel hands they steal and they take

Leaving silence in every wake

The dawn will break but the past stays near

Whispers of moments that linger here

In the quiet night, I still search for the lost

Every memory cherished, no matter the cost