Ghost in the Glass

There's someone standing in the window

I turn around, but no one's there

A face I know from another lifetime

A feeling hanging in the air

Late night, room lit by the passing headlights

Same walls, different shade of blue

I see a shape in the reflection

And for a second, I think it's you

Funny how a mind can keep a photograph

Long after all the colors fade

I changed the furniture, the numbers

But the memories never rearranged

I tell myself it's just the light

A little trick of another sleepless night

But every time I look away

Your silhouette is here to stay

You're a ghost in the glass

A shadow from the past

I reach for what we were

And touch the empty space

You're a ghost in the glass

A moment that won't pass

I know you're somewhere else

But I still see your face

I don't go looking for the old conversations

I know the ending by heart

Still, one familiar phrase can change the weather

And pull the ceiling of my world apart

We weren't perfect, we were only human

Made a thousand small mistakes

Now I wonder if the things that broke us

Were the things we never learned to say

I tell myself it's just the light

A little trick of another sleepless night

But every time I look away

Your silhouette is here to stay

You're a ghost in the glass

A shadow from the past

I reach for what we were

And touch the empty space

You're a ghost in the glass

A moment that won't pass

I know you're somewhere else

But I still see your face

Maybe I don't miss the ending

Maybe I miss who I was then

Maybe letting go means learning

I can love what won't return again

You're a ghost in the glass

A shadow from the past

I don't reach for you now

I just let the moment pass

You're a ghost in the glass

A memory that lasts

I can carry what we were

Without asking it to last

The headlights fade

The room turns still

The glass is clear

I'm standing here