(Verse 1)
The room is narrowing to a single line
A silver thread where your life met mine
I’m staring at the ceiling, wide and white
Trying to find the exit from the night
The lens is closing, the shutter is slow
Capturing the parts of you that won’t let go
I’m framed in the doorway of a memory
Waiting for the dark to set me free.
(Chorus)
Through the aperture of sleep, I see your face
Developing in this empty, hollow space
A flash of a smile, a blur of a hand
In a picture-perfect world I didn’t plan
The light is fading, the focus is deep
I’m slipping through the aperture of sleep
To a place where the colors haven’t bled
And I’m not alone in this winter bed.
(Verse 2)
I’ve got a thousand negatives of us
Turning to a pile of gray and dust
I try to crop the moment that you left
But I’m blinded by the shadow of the theft
Exposure’s too high, the edges are burned
From all the painful lessons that I’ve learned
I’m squinting at the ghost of a better day
Before you turned the camera away.
(Bridge)
Is it a dream or just a long-exposure ache?
How many more shots is my heart gonna take?
The grain is heavy, the contrast is sharp
Like a broken string on a wooden harp
I’m clicking the button, but the film is gone
And I’m still waiting for a different dawn.
(Chorus)
Through the aperture of sleep, I see your face
Developing in this empty, hollow space
A flash of a smile, a blur of a hand
In a picture-perfect world I didn’t plan
The light is fading, the focus is deep
I’m slipping through the aperture of sleep
To a place where the colors haven’t bled
And I’m not alone in this winter bed.
(Outro)
Black and white...
Fading light...
Keep the focus...
On the night.
The shutter falls...
Silence echoing...
Through the halls.
In the aperture...
Of you.
