I once held fire in trembling hands
A name that bloomed like spring in sand
Now silence sings where songs had grown
And I walk this world alone

Your face once clear in twilight's grace
Is lost in fog I can't replace
You visit still in dreams I keep
A whisper drowned in restless sleep

I do not speak the reason why
But something shattered in July
The sun fell cold the moon turned pale
And love became a lonesome tale

I try to live I try to be
A man unchained from memory
But every street I wander through
Still echoes soft with thoughts of you

Your laughter’s ghost it haunts the air
But I forget the way you stare
Is this how hearts begin to mend
By letting go of how it ends

I do not hate I cannot blame
But tears still rise when I hear your name
I’m moving on it hurts it's slow
And yet I think you’d want it so

So if you pass me in a crowd
Don’t stop don’t speak don’t say it loud
Just know the love I could not show
Still walks beside me as I go