(Verse 1)
The first chill of October's rollin' through the fields of corn
Your favorite faded sweater's hangin' by the kitchen door
I still find the folded little notes you left inside my coat
And there's a lump that catches fire right inside my throat
This old pickup truck still has your fingerprints there on the dash
A ghost of you I'll never clean, a memory that lasts.
(Chorus)
And I'm just half a heartbeat in a world that's movin' on
Tryin' to learn the chorus after the melody is gone
You're the missing color in a long and endless sky
The unanswered question in a million reasons why
And every prayer I send up is just whisperin' your name
'Cause nothin' in this life, Lord, will ever be the same.
(Verse 2)
Your garden's overgrown now, the weeds are gettin' tall
I don't have your patient hands to listen to their call
I remember how you'd hum a hymn while pullin' up the roots
Standin' in the summer sun in your old muddy boots
Now the silence in that garden is a heavy, painful sound
Just a broken-hearted farmer and some hard and holy ground.
(Chorus)
And I'm just half a heartbeat in a world that's movin' on
Tryin' to learn the chorus after the melody is gone
You're the missing color in a long and endless sky
The unanswered question in a million reasons why
And every prayer I send up is just whisperin' your name
'Cause nothin' in this life, Lord, will ever be the same.
(Bridge)
They say that time's a healer, a river to the sea
But every single sunrise just brings your ghost right back to me
This ring is cold upon my finger, but it's never comin' off
It's the last chain left to hold on to the love that I have lost.
(Slow, emotional guitar solo, with the fiddle weaving through it)
(Chorus)
I'm just half a heartbeat in a world that's movin' on
Still tryin' to learn the chorus after the melody is gone
You're the missing color in a long and endless sky
The unanswered question in a million reasons why
And every prayer I send up is just whisperin' your name
'Cause nothin' in this life, Lord, will ever be the same.
(Outro)
No, nothin' is the same...
(Guitar picks a final, soft chord)
I still whisper your name...
(Music fades to silence)
