(Verse 1)
I’m walking through the rooms where the air is getting still
Like a clock that’s finally wound down against its will
There are two mugs on the counter, but only one is warm
I’m the only house left standing in the wake of the storm
I check the lock at midnight, I turn the porch light on
But I’m just guarding a kingdom now that everyone is gone
The echo of your footsteps is a rhythm I still track
But the floorboards only shiver, and they never answer back.
(Chorus)
Now I’m the only one left to remember how it felt
The only one left watching all the winter colors melt
I’m the keeper of the secrets, the guardian of the flame
The only voice in this empty house that still speaks your name
It’s a lonely kind of honor, a heavy kind of crown
To be the only one left when the whole world’s burning down
Yeah, I’m the only one left...
Holding onto us.
(Verse 2)
I see a movie we both loved and I start to turn my head
To catch the way your eyes lit up at everything they said
But the sofa’s just a desert, a wide and fabric sea
And the punchline hits the ceiling and it falls right back on me
I’m a museum of a life that no one visits anymore
Polishing the memories and sweeping up the floor
I’m the only witness to the way you used to sleep
A promise made of shadows that I’m forced to keep.
(Bridge)
Is it really a memory if there’s no one else to see?
If you’ve forgotten everything, does it still live in me?
I’m carrying the weight of two, I’m breathing for the pair
I’m reaching out for someone who’s just made of smoke and air
Don’t leave me with the ghost...
Don’t leave me as the host.
(Chorus)
Now I’m the only one left to remember how it felt
The only one left watching all the winter colors melt
I’m the keeper of the secrets, the guardian of the flame
The only voice in this empty house that still speaks your name
It’s a lonely kind of honor, a heavy kind of crown
To be the only one left when the whole world’s burning down
Yeah, I’m the only one left.
(Outro)
One set of keys.
One side of the bed.
Just one heart beating...
Doing the work of two.
I’m the only one...
The only one...
