Photograph in the Sun

[Intro] Soft light through the window, a quiet room remembers us Dust motes like tiny fossils, catching the last of summer flux [Verse 1] We laughed in color, pages bright with every shared mistake Now the frame on the shelf holds a wavering, softer ache I trace your name in fingerprints of sunlit dust A photograph that softens, but it never truly adjusts [Pre-Chorus] Time edits the edges, makes the edges fade to gray I keep the warmth, but the warmth has learned to drift away [Chorus] If memories fade like photographs left out too long in the sun If the colors sigh and bend until the picture comes undone I’ll keep the glow of what we were, though the light grows thin I’m learning to hold the warmth, without you here within [Verse 2] We once spoke in seasons, now the seasons speak in sighs The echo of your voice still trembles in the corners of my mind I shelf the laughter where a quiet dusk begins to fall Acceptance blooms in silence, gentle as a late-night call [Pre-Chorus] Part of me remains, the rest drifts out in dawn’s pale rain A memory that lingers softly, though I won’t pretend again [Chorus] If memories fade like photographs left out too long in the sun If the colors sigh and bend until the picture comes undone I’ll keep the glow of what we were, though the light grows thin I’m learning to hold the warmth, without you here within [Bridge] Maybe time is just a careful hand that fades the glare Not to erase, but to soften the edges of what we shared [Chorus] If memories fade like photographs left out too long in the sun If the colors sigh and bend until the picture comes undone I’ll keep the glow of what we were, though the light grows thin I’m learning to hold the warmth, without you here within [Outro] The photo ages, and I breathe in the quiet afterglow A memory remains a spark, enough to let the distances glow