Fading Memories

I still see you… in faded light
Photographs in boxes
Love notes I never threw away
Your sweater's in the closet
Still smells like yesterday
I swore I’d let you go
But hearts don’t work that way, you know
Fading memories, slipping through my hands
You’re a ghost I chase, but can’t quite understand
Time took the color from your smile
But I feel you, just for a little while
Fading memories, still holding on
Late-night drives with nothing to say
That one song we used to play
I hum the tune, then look away
Guess some things were never meant to stay
I don’t cry like I used to do
But some nights, it all comes back to you
Fading memories, slipping through my hands
You’re a ghost I chase, but can’t quite understand
Time took the color from your smile
But I feel you, just for a little while
Fading memories, still holding on
Just shadows now…
But they still know your name