Quiet Flame

[Intro] Rain taps the window like a quiet apology Moonlight varnishes the floor with pale longing [Verse 1] Empty rooms echo the names I whisper to the dark Shadows hold the corners where our memories spark A clock sighs in the hallway, counting what’s been lost I wear the night as a veil, paying the change it costs [Chorus] If I reach, will the distance melt away? If I listen, will your breath come back to stay? The rain keeps my secrets, the walls keep your trace I whisper to the silence: I’m still in this place [Verse 2] Lights blur like rain on a photograph we never got to finish I count the stars that fell between us, one by one diminished My hands learn the language of ache, spoken in gray Still I hold the window’s edge, hoping you might somehow stay [Pre-Chorus] Gravity of memory drags my heart to the floor I breathe the ache aloud, afraid there’s no more [Chorus] If I reach, will the distance melt away? If I listen, will your breath come back to stay? The rain keeps my secrets, the walls keep your trace I whisper to the silence: I’m still in this place [Bridge] Maybe dawn won’t fix it, maybe night won’t erase But somewhere between the thunder, I still feel your face [Chorus] If I reach, will the distance melt away? If I listen, will your breath come back to stay? The rain keeps my secrets, the walls keep your trace I whisper to the silence: I’m still in this place [Outro] Rain slows to a hush, and the room remains the same I cradle a faded memory where your shadow softly stays I’m learning to live with the ache, and keep a quiet flame Hope lingers like streetlight mist, calling you by another name