Before the Echo Fades

I’ve been holding on to pieces that don’t fit

Trying to make a home inside a place you quit

Your voice still lingers in the rooms we made

Fading slow like the last light on a tired day

Every step forward drags a part of you

I pretend I’m fine but that’s never true

I breathe you out but still taste your name

Nothing ever feels quite the same

I just want to say this before the echo fades

Before your shadow loses all the shape it made

If love was fragile, then I broke in your hands

Now I’m learning how to live without your plans

I just want to say this before the echo fades

You were the one thing I wish had stayed

Every memory hits me in slow motion

Like waves returning to a dying ocean

I let your silence carve a space in me

Now I’m patching up the parts I shouldn’t see

Every step forward drags a part of you

I pretend I’m fine but that’s never true

I breathe you out but still taste your name

Nothing ever feels quite the same

I just want to say this before the echo fades

Before your shadow loses all the shape it made

If love was fragile, then I broke in your hands

Now I’m learning how to live without your plans

I just want to say this before the echo fades

You were the one thing I wish had stayed

I know we’re done

I know it’s time

But goodbye still echoes

Like it’s stuck in my mind

If letting go hurts

Then I’ll take the pain

Just don’t fade too fast

Let me breathe your name

I just want to say this before the echo fades

Before your shadow loses all the shape it made

If love was fragile, then I broke in your hands

Now I’m learning how to live without your plans

I just want to say this before the echo fades

You were the one thing… I wish had stayed

Before the echo… fades away…