Ghost In My Hands

[Verse 1]
You were packing in the quiet
Folded shirts
A half-zipped bag
Coffee going cold between us
Every word we needed
We never had
You said
"Maybe this is mercy"
Eyes on the window
Not on me
I laughed like it was nothing
While my chest sank out to sea
[Chorus]
You're the ghost in my hands
I let you slip like water
Still calling your name
In every midnight corner
I watched you walk away
When every bone was begging you to stay
I loved you
I loved you
And I let you go anyway
[Verse 2]
Your toothbrush in the bathroom
Stared at me for seven days
I turned all of your pictures
Face-down but they still burned through the frames
Friends keep saying it was needed
"Someday you’ll be glad he’s gone"
But they never felt that silence
When your key stopped turning on
[Chorus]
You're the ghost in my hands
I let you slip like water
Still calling your name
In every midnight corner
I watched you walk away
When every bone was begging you to stay
I loved you
I loved you
And I let you go anyway
[Bridge]
If I’d said "don’t leave"
Would you have turned around? (turned around)
Or were you halfway gone
Long before that sound?
Now I sleep on my side
Where your heartbeat used to land
I still reach in the dark
Still reaching for your hand
[Chorus]
You're the ghost in my hands
I let you slip like water
Still calling your name
In every midnight corner
I watched you walk away
While every shattered part of me stayed
I loved you
I love you
And I’m loving you from far away

rock, Ethereal rock ballad with female vocals; glassy ambient synth bed and sparse clean guitar in the verses, intimate and close. Steady tom-driven drum build into a wide, soaring chorus with gritty, haunting guitar riffs. Subtle bass blooms under the hook, with airy backing harmonies that swell on key lines. Final chorus lifts with stacked vocals and delay trails, then dissolves into a soft synth and guitar outro., female vocals, ballad, ambient, steady