Vanished Flame

[Intro] Whispers in the dark, a quiet, heavy hour I trace your name on windows, frost like a flower [Verse 1] The heart keeps a quiet ledger, aching where you stood In every breath I count the seconds that we never could Your memory glows like distant stars across the rain I reach out through the silence, but you’re only echoes again [Chorus] Hold on to me, love, though you’re a vanished flame My pulse keeps beating softer for the sound of your name If healing is a road, I walk it with your trace Longing to meet you where heartbeats find their grace [Verse 2] Memories drift like ships on a shoreline of gray I press my hands to the chest where you once warm my day The heart is stubborn weather, it bruises but believes That love can find a doorway through the fallen leaves [Chorus] Hold on to me, love, though you’re a vanished flame My pulse keeps beating softer for the sound of your name If healing is a road, I walk it with your trace Longing to meet you where heartbeats find their grace [Bridge] I trace the colors of you in half-forgotten light I gather all the pieces that still tremble in the night If distance is a river, I’ll swim it to your shore Till every broken current returns you to me once more [Chorus] Hold on to me, love, though you’re a vanished flame My pulse keeps beating softer for the sound of your name If healing is a road, I walk it with your trace Longing to meet you where heartbeats find their grace [Outro] Until the dawn unravels the last of the ache I bear I’ll keep your memory with me, tender, brave, and bare