Ghosts at Midnight

[Intro] Midnight hush, a quiet room, a window with a sighing pane I naming your shadow in the corner of my brain [Verse 1] The streetlight paints me pale as I walk past our memory's house I wear a smile like a mask, but the ache is loud enough to shout Your name drifts on the rain, a ghost that slips between the crowds I talk to empty air, and pretend my heart is loud but proud [Pre-Chorus] If there’s closure out there, I haven’t learned to see I’m chasing echoes of a you that’s never coming back to me [Chorus] Haunting you, haunting me, in every breath I fake a grin A memory repeats, a wound that won’t forget how we began If I move on, it’s slow, like mist that clings to my awake night Until I find a dawn where your shadow fades from sight [Verse 2] I press replay on the night we said goodbye in rain and fire hue Repeated scenes rehearse themselves in every corner of my room A ghost sits at my table, sips the wine of what we could be I tell myself I’m fine outside, but inside I’m still the plea [Pre-Chorus] If healing’s a road, I’m taking steps that stumble slow Yearning threads unwind, yet the loom keeps weaving you in close [Chorus] Haunting you, haunting me, in every breath I fake a grin A memory repeats, a wound that won’t forget how we began If I move on, it’s slow, like mist that clings to my awake night Until I find a dawn where your shadow fades from sight [Bridge] I hear your voice in the static of the streetlights' glow I walk through crowds and feel you wanting me to know That closure might be a beacon I’m not ready to meet Still I keep hoping, in a cautious, quiet heartbeat [Chorus] Haunting you, haunting me, in every breath I fake a grin A memory repeats, a wound that won’t forget how we began If I move on, it’s slow, like mist that clings to my awake night Until I find a dawn where your shadow fades from sight [Outro] Ghost at the edge of morning, fading with the first light’s claim I swallow the ache, and let a safer hope take aim A fragment of goodbye trembles, then steadies into careful light I’ll survive the night, and maybe wake to a gentler fight