Before it fades

Verse 1

I wake up in a room I know

But the walls don’t talk like they used to

Photographs stare through cracked glass

Like they’re waiting for me to remember you

Names fall through the cracks of my teeth

Dates turn to dust in my hands

I know I lived a thousand lives

I just can’t trace where they land

Pre-Chorus

There’s a ghost in every heartbeat

Echoes I can’t outrun

If I’m losing all the chapters

Let me keep the ones that hurt the most

Chorus

If I’m fading, let me burn

Let me feel it one last time

I’ll hold tight to every scar

Every love that made me mine

If the past is slipping through me

Like water through my hands

I’ll cherish what’s still beating

Before it fades… before it fades

Verse 2

Your laugh is on the edge of me

Like a song I almost know

I chase the shape of your face

Down every road my mind won’t go

There’s comfort in the broken parts

At least I know they’re real

If forgetting is the ending

Then remembering is how I feel

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need the whole damn story

Just the truth of who I was

If the light is getting shorter

Let me stand in it because

Chorus

If I’m fading, let me burn

Let me feel it one last time

I’ll hold tight to every scar

Every love that made me mine

If the past is slipping through me

Like water through my hands

I’ll cherish what’s still beating

Before it fades… before it fades

Bridge (Breakdown – heavy, stripped)

Don’t take the sound of your voice

Don’t take the weight of your name

If I forget every sin I’ve done

Let me remember the pain

I don’t fear the dark ahead

I fear waking up unknown

So carve this moment into me

If this is all I get to own

Final Chorus (Big, emotional)

If I’m fading, let me burn

Till the ashes light the sky

I’ll scream the truth into the dark

So I know I was alive

When the mirror stops reflecting

Every man I used to be

I’ll cherish what’s still beating

You’re the last thing left in me

Outro

If tomorrow steals today

And yesterday won’t stay

I’ll close my eyes and hold on tight…

Before it fades

Before it fades