Ashes in the Rain

He watched her fade like a setting sun

Love slipped through like smoke from a gun

He kept her picture in a drawer

And drank to feel her less, but only missed her more

She cried at night, alone in bed

Read the words he never said

Waited years for him to call

Till silence echoed louder than it ever had at all

They burned so bright, but lost their flame

Now all that's left are ashes in the rain

Two hearts too proud to say goodbye

Now they haunt each other every night

They let it die, too slow, too late

Now love just lives in a lonesome state

One drank pain, one wore blame

Now they're just ashes in the rain

He passed that house on 23rd

Where memories scream but go unheard

He wonders if she ever knew

He’d give it all just to undo

She found a note he left behind

Folded tears between the lines

And though he’s gone, she reads it still

The words say “Love you — always will”

They burned so bright, but lost their flame

Now all that's left are ashes in the rain

Two hearts too proud to say goodbye

Now they haunt each other every night

They let it die, too slow, too late

Now love just lives in a lonesome state

One drank pain, one wore blame

Now they're just ashes in the rain

One drank pain, one wore blame

Now they're just ashes in the rain