[Intro]
Dim street, rain on chrome, a glow slips through the night
I cradle the ember, a quiet-answered light
[Verse 1]
Smoke threads my thoughts like a halo in smoke-streaked air
Footsteps echo, doors close, I’m almost there
Ashes drift in circles, time slows to a sigh
I mumble to the cigarette, asking why
[Pre-Chorus]
Haze clings to memories I barely name
A shadowed feeling crawls but never speaks its name
[Chorus]
I chase the smoke and it slips away
A solitary chorus in the grey
The street-lamp hums a distant tune I know
Longing curls around the ember’s glow
[Verse 2]
Neon arrows flicker, guiding me to tread softly
Clock hands blur, streets stay patient, softly
Breath fogs windows I won’t bother to clean
This moment tastes like what I’ve never seen
[Pre-Chorus]
Smoke writes letters I’ll never send
On a page that burns when I pretend
[Chorus]
I chase the smoke and it slips away
A solitary chorus in the grey
The street-lamp hums a distant tune I know
Longing curls around the ember’s glow
[Bridge]
If the night could hold its breath, would you stay a while?
I’d read your silence in the shiver of a cigarette’s smile
[Chorus]
I chase the smoke and it slips away
A solitary chorus in the grey
The street-lamp hums a distant tune I know
Longing curls around the ember’s glow
[Outro]
When the ember fades, I count the street’s thin blue thread
Hope flickers faintly as I move on ahead
