After The Applause

[Verse 1] The house went dark The crowd moved on Their echoes fade where they belonged The velvet seats The dust The glow All keep the things they’ll never know I held the note It held me too Like something torn that still rang true The curtain breathed Then slowly fell And left me standing in the spell [Pre-Chorus] No more hands to pull me near No more noise to hide the fear Only silence dressed in gold Only what the night still holds [Chorus] After the applause When the clapping dies I hear your memory breathing in the light After the applause When the stage goes still I’m dancing with a ghost against my will The music’s gone But not because You’re still here After the applause [Verse 2] The roses dried beside the stand A fallen mask A trembling hand Your shadow lingers by the wings Like sorrow dressed in silver strings I wore my smile the whole night through A painted lie to honor you But now the mirror starts to crack And all the missing comes flooding back [Pre-Chorus] No more lines for me to say No more spotlight on the pain Only silence dressed in gold Only what I cannot hold [Chorus] After the applause When the clapping dies I hear your memory breathing in the light After the applause When the stage goes still I’m dancing with a ghost against my will The music’s gone But not because You’re still here After the applause [Bridge] If love was only for the show Why does it stay when all lights go Why does your voice still fill this room Like perfume blooming through the gloom So let the rafters carry high The final ache The last goodbye If this is all that I have left Then let me sing into the death [Final Chorus] After the applause When the clapping dies I feel your absence burning through the light After the applause When the world stands still I’m turning with your spirit through the chill The song may end The heart because Still breaks for you After the applause [Outro] The curtain falls The hall withdraws I’m still with you After the applause