[intro] [breathy and haunting]
Eyes like silk, hands like stone
I should have run, if I had known
you’re the creator of broken things
Honeyed lies and fractured dreams
[verse 1]
I walk alone through empty rooms
A kind of love that’s gone too soon
You reach for me, then fade away
Haunting me in quiet ways
You let me close, then shut the door
Like you’ve been hurt too much before
[Pre Chorus] [slow build]
Your heart moves slow on borrowed breath
Like love’s a step too close to death
Your shadow is just passing through
Half in this world, half out of view
[Chorus]
You’re only here in pieces
Only here at night
Every time I reach for you
You’re fading from my sight
You kiss me like a memory
You leave before I know
I’m falling for a phantom
But I can’t let go
You linger in the silence
You vanish when I’m close
I’m loving what’s already gone
Still reaching through the cold
I hold the shape you left behind
A shadow I love most
I’m still in love with someone
Who’s only ever been a ghost (Ooo)
[verse 2]
You trace the scars you never show
Like they’re the only truth you know
I try to hold what won’t remain
A touch that slips through hands again
You say my name like it still hurts
Like love’s a blessing and a curse
I try to grasp what fades away
But I’m mourning you anyway
[Alternative Chorus]
You’re only here in echoes
Only in between
Every word you never said
Still hanging over me
You love me like a memory
You leave me wanting more
I’m reaching for a feeling
I can’t touch anymore
You linger in the silence
You vanish when I’m close
I’m loving what’s already gone
Still reaching through the cold
I hold the shape you left behind
A shadow I love most
Still saying goodbye to someone
Who’s only ever been a… ghost
[guitar and vocal solo]
[Bridge]
I should have stopped asking where you go
When your eyes turn distant, hallow and cold
You were always somewhere between here and gone
And you had planned to leave all along
I tried so hard to hold onto you
But every touch just passed right through (Ooo)
[Chorus]
You’re only here in pieces
Only here at night
Every time I reach for you
You’re fading from my sight
You kiss me like a memory
You leave before I know
I’m falling for a phantom
But I can’t let go
You linger in the silence
You vanish when I’m close
I’m loving what’s already gone
Still reaching through the cold
I hold the shape you left behind
A shadow I love most
I’m still in love with someone
Who’s only ever been a…
[Outro]
Now the rooms don’t say your name
And the nights don’t feel the same
I let the silence take its place
Where I once held your face
I’m bound by shadows and bones
Still stuck here chasing a ghost
[outro music with background lyrics]
Eyes like silk… hands like stone
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