Heartbreak Echoes

[Intro] Silence learned your name in the doorway light Shadows cradle the room where we said goodbye [Verse 1] I count the echoes of your footsteps in my chest The coffee cools where your laughter used to rest Windows blur the street like a memory’s rain, I’m chasing a shadow that keeps calling your name [Pre-Chorus] If love is a river, I’m stranded on the shore Waving a dream I can’t reach anymore [Chorus] Tell me how to breathe without you here How to sleep when your side feels so near Tell me how the morning can begin again When the night keeps spinning out where you have been [Verse 2] I keep your photograph where the sunlight used to land There’s a crossroad of Maybe and Nowhere in my hands I wear your favorite sweater to feel less alone, but the room still hums with your undertone [Pre-Chorus] If love is a river, I’m stranded on the shore Waving a dream I can’t reach anymore [Chorus] Tell me how to breathe without you here How to sleep when your side feels so near Tell me how the morning can begin again When the night keeps spinning out where you have been [Bridge] Maybe time will loosen the strings that bind Maybe the heart learns to choose a different light Until then I’m learning to own the rain, to call it mine To find tomorrow in the crack of your goodbye [Chorus] Tell me how to breathe without you here How to sleep when your side feels so near Tell me how the morning can begin again When the night keeps spinning out where you have been [Outro] I’ll carry your whisper through the quiet of dawn Until heartbreak fades to a softer song