Pretty (For a Friend)

[Intro] Whispers in the midnight rain, Pretty, I call your name Shadows hold the memories close, where light used to remain [Verse 1] I trace your smile in the fog, a map that can’t be followed Your laughter fades to a distant star, where silence feels hollow If love is a harbor, ours washed out to sea I’m counting every breaking wave, missing what we used to be [Pre-Chorus] But I still hear your voice in the wind, soft and intimate A tenderness that pierces through the night, relentless and intimate [Chorus] Pretty, don’t fade away in the morning glow Hold on to the breath between the goodbye and the know If longing is a river, I’m drowning slow Pretty, you’re the ache I can’t outgrow [Verse 2] I kept your letters like weathered petals pressed in a glass Every word a heartbeat echo, a memory that won’t pass If time could heal, I’d bend it back for you to stay But the clock keeps singing, and I’m learned too late to say [Pre-Chorus] Your echo threads through the room like a scar I can’t ignore A quiet mercy that remains when the doors are shut and sore [Chorus] Pretty, don’t fade away in the morning glow Hold on to the breath between the goodbye and the know If longing is a river, I’m drowning slow Pretty, you’re the ache I can’t outgrow [Bridge] Wish I could tell you how much I’ve learned from the ache That loving you has taught me how to breathe between the breaks [Chorus] Pretty, don’t fade away in the morning glow Hold on to the breath between the goodbye and the know If longing is a river, I’m drowning slow Pretty, you’re the ache I can’t outgrow [Outro] So I’ll keep your name in the rain, a soft, enduring glow Pretty, forever in this heart where your shadow softly grows