(Verse 1)
I found your ring in the bottom of a cardboard box
Next to the sweater you hated and the keys to all the locks
It used to shine like a promise, like a sun that wouldn't set
Back when our love was a currency we hadn’t spent yet
Now it’s sitting in my palm, feeling heavy as a stone
A relic of a kingdom that I’m ruling all alone.
(Pre-Chorus)
The luster is fading, the edges are worn
Like the fabric of"us" that’s been quietly torn.
(Chorus)
Now you’re just a ghost of gold, shimmering in the dark
A flicker of a flame that lost its living spark
I’m reaching for the warmth of a hand I used to hold
But all I find is shadows and this bitter, hollow gold
It’s a treasure I can’t spend, a story that’s been told
I’m haunted by the memory of a love that’s gone cold
Just a ghost of gold.
(Verse 2)
The photos on the mantle are starting to turn gray
Like the color of the sky on the day you walked away
We were rich in the moments, we were wealthy in the dreams
But the gold was only plated, or so it really seems
Because it’s peeling at the corners, showing iron underneath
And I’m choking on the silence, on the words I didn't breathe.
(Bridge)
I’d trade all the jewelry, I’d throw it in the sea
Just to have the version of you that used to look at me
But you’ve turned into a statue, a monument of"then"
And I’m digging through the ruins just to feel that pulse again.
(Chorus)
Now you’re just a ghost of gold, shimmering in the dark
A flicker of a flame that lost its living spark
I’m reaching for the warmth of a hand I used to hold
But all I find is shadows and this bitter, hollow gold
It’s a treasure I can’t spend, a story that’s been told
I’m haunted by the memory of a love that’s gone cold
Just a ghost of gold.
(Outro)
It doesn't catch the light anymore...
It’s just a circle of dust.
All that glitters...
Eventually turns to rust.
You’re gone...
And I’m just holding the ghost.
