Echoes in the Now

[Intro] Soft rain on the window, a clock that won’t forget The echoes thread through air like a threadbare silhouette [Verse 1] I walk through rooms that used to glow with your light Now the corners hum in tunes I can’t deny Your memory colors every page I turn A tinted lens that makes the quiet feel loud [Pre-Chorus] What was ours drifts in, refracts the truth Turns ordinary mornings into proofs of you [Chorus] You’re an echo I carry, not a ghost I meet A melody that bends the day until it’s bittersweet I taste your shadow in every word I speak You color my now with what used to be [Verse 2] I reach for sound, and the air remembers your voice Notes bend crooked, like a chord I won’t destroy Present smiles wear your fingerprint too bright A distant shore I’m trying not to reach tonight [Pre-Chorus] What was ours drifts in, refracts the truth Turns ordinary mornings into proofs of you [Chorus] You’re an echo I carry, not a ghost I meet A melody that bends the day until it’s bittersweet I taste your shadow in every word I speak You color my now with what used to be [Bridge] In this quiet field, I learn to breathe around your tone To hold the space you left, not chase it home [Chorus] You’re an echo I carry, not a ghost I meet A melody that bends the day until it’s bittersweet I taste your shadow in every word I speak You color my now with what used to be [Outro] So I walk with you beside me, on a road that’s mine yet grown An internal echo dancing, turning present into home