Your Ghost

I still hear your footsteps

In rooms you never knew

The silence keeps your secrets

And every shadow looks like you

I wake up reaching for your side

Like you never said goodbye

Your picture fades in morning light

But somehow you still fill my eyes

I drive alone beneath the rain

Every street repeats your name

I tell my heart to let you go

But it only pulls me close

I thought time would make you disappear

But every night, you reappear

In every dream, in every song

I lose you twice before the dawn

You're my ghost, haunting me tonight

Dancing in the dark inside my mind

I reach for you, but touch the air

I feel your love, but you're not there

You're my ghost, living in my soul

A broken memory I can't control

Even when I'm holding someone new

My heart still runs back to you

Oh-oh, I still see you

Oh-oh, I still need you

In the silence after midnight

I'm still chasing your light

Your perfume lives inside my room

Like flowers that refuse to lose their bloom

I hear your laughter in the rain

Then realize it's just the pain

I wear a smile when people ask

But hiding you is getting hard

They say your name, I look away

Like I'm still waiting for that day

When I believed you'd come back home

When your heartbeat felt like home

Now every beat beneath my skin

Is where your memory begins

You're my ghost, haunting me tonight

Dancing in the dark inside my mind

I reach for you, but touch the air

I feel your love, but you're not there

You're my ghost, living in my soul

A broken memory I can't control

Even when I'm holding someone new

My heart still runs back to you

Maybe in another life

We would have gotten it right

Maybe somewhere in the stars

You're still holding my heart

But here I am, learning to breathe

With your memory underneath

I know I have to let you fade

But I'm not ready to forget your face

If loving you was a mistake

Then why does leaving feel this way?

If you're gone, why are you still

The deepest thing I ever feel?

You're my ghost, haunting me tonight

Dancing in the dark inside my mind

I reach for you, but touch the air

I call your name, but no one's there

You're my ghost, living in my soul

A broken love I can't let go

Even when the whole world feels brand new

A part of me still belongs to you

So if you ever feel the cold

That's just the story we once told

I'll close my eyes, but I already know

I'll always love

My ghost