Echoes in the Dark

[Intro] Midnight on a wire, heart humming low Rain on the glass, thoughts like arrows slow I breathe in thunder, exhale the sorrow Two voices collide to face the borrowed tomorrow [Verse 1] I whisper in a cracked voice, you hear it in the rain A love that burned too bright, now echoes in the pain You were the color in the dark, I was the shade beside your flame Together we burned a quiet truth, but silence took the blame [Pre-Chorus] Tell me how a smile can hide the ache inside How do we pretend the world’s still on our side? I’m standing at the edge of all the things we learned to fear Two hearts in one body, splitting from the fear [Chorus] This ache won’t fade away, it holds us in its grip Your name on my breath, a ghost I still can’t quit In the loneliness I find the weight of what I gave A storm inside us both that never learned to behave [Verse 2] I hear your footsteps in the hollow of my chest A chorus of goodbyes that never found their rest If love is a wound, then mine learned to bleed in time A partner to the pain, a partner to the crime [Pre-Chorus] Tell me how a touch can burn when it’s gone dry How we pretend the sun will rise in another sky? I’m screaming softly in a room that’s grown too cold Two souls with different stars, no longer feeling whole [Chorus] This ache won’t fade away, it holds us in its grip Your name on my breath, a ghost I still can’t quit In the loneliness I find the weight of what I gave A storm inside us both that never learned to behave [Bridge] (Voice 1) I am the wound, I’m the weather of your mind (Voice 2) I am the shelter you left far behind A duet of shadowed truth in a love that’s torn apart Two voices, one aching heart [Chorus] This ache won’t fade away, it holds us in its grip Your name on my breath, a ghost I still can’t quit In the loneliness I find the weight of what I gave A storm inside us both that never learned to behave [Outro] Alone in the echo, I learn to stand and bend Two voices fade to one, and then to pretend But in the dark I hear a vow I can’t betray That even broken hearts can learn to breathe again someday