The air gets thick, a pressure on my chest,
Just scrolling through old photos, put my heart to the test.
A faded smile, a summer afternoon,
Feels like a lifetime gone beneath the moon.
That girl, that laugh, it barely rings a bell,
Yet underneath, a darkness starts to swell.
Oh, these phantom limbs of yesterday,
They twitch and ache and steal my breath away.
A different life, a ghost I used to be,
But the feelings crash like waves inside of me.
Fresh wounds blooming from a buried past,
This sudden agony, it holds me fast.
A song comes on, a melody so light,
That used to soundtrack some forgotten night.
And in that instant, I am pulled right back,
To whispered secrets on a dusty track.
The joy, the pain, the longing and the fear,
They hit me now as if the moment's here.
Oh, these phantom limbs of yesterday,
They twitch and ache and steal my breath away.
A different life, everything I used to be,
But the feelings crash like waves inside of me.
Fresh wounds blooming from a buried past,
This sudden agony, it holds me fast.
How can a memory, a thing that's done and gone,
Unleash this chaos 'til the early dawn?
It claws and bites, a beast I can't control,
This sudden onslaught takes its heavy toll.
My present shatters, future disappears,
Lost in the echo of these falling tears.
Oh, these phantom limbs of yesterday,
They twitch and ache and steal my breath away.
A different life, a ghost I used to be,
But the feelings crash like waves inside of me.
Fresh wounds blooming from a buried past,
This sudden agony, it holds me fast.
A different lifetime, yet the hurt remains,
Like phantom raindrops on forgotten panes.
These sudden stabs, they leave me cold and weak,
Another battle that I have to speak...
To silence, to the shadows, to the air,
Lost in the grip of what is no longer there.
AshOnEdge
