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Fading like a Photograph
[Verse 1]
I still hear your voice in the quiet
Like a whisper that’s caught in the rain
Every word, a ghost in the silence
But they’re slipping away with the pain
Your coat’s in the closet, untouched
I swear I still smell your perfume
But each scent, each touch I remember
Is fading like dust in this room
[Pre-Chorus]
I tried to hold on to the fire
But ashes fall faster each night
I stare at the stars we once wished on
And wonder if you’re doing all right
[Chorus]
'Cause love doesn't end, it just lingers
Like the echo of a song we once knew
And the memories burn on my fingers
When I reach out, but don’t reach you
I'm bleeding from holding the past
While the future just looks like a mask
You're a shadow I can't chase back—
And you're fading…
Fading like a photograph
[Verse 2]
Your laughter still lives in the corners
But it’s quieter now than before
And the pictures we took in the summer
Are strangers I don’t know anymore
I still dream of the curve of your smile
Then wake up to an empty bed
And I whisper your name in denial
But it falls with the tears that I shed
[Pre-Chorus]
I built all my days around you
Now the walls just echo my cries
Love is a wound time cuts into
And I'm stitched up with all your goodbyes
[Chorus]
'Cause love doesn't end, it just lingers
Like the echo of a song we once knew
And the memories burn on my fingers
When I reach out, but don’t reach you
I'm bleeding from holding the past
While the future just looks like a mask
You're a shadow I can't chase back—
And you're fading…
Fading like a photograph
[Bridge]
Maybe someday I won’t see your face
In the silence between every breath
Maybe time will erase what remains
But not yet… not yet…
[Final Chorus]
'Cause love doesn't end, it just lingers
Like the echo of a song we once knew
And the memories burn on my fingers
When I reach out, but don’t reach you
I'm bleeding from holding the past
While the future just looks like a mask
You're a shadow I can't chase back—
And you're fading…
Fading like a photograph
[Outro]
You're fading…
And I'm still here, holding what's gone…
Till it's gone too.
