[Intro — acoustic guitar only, soft and intimate] You still talk to my picture On that crooked kitchen shelf Coffee rings on the counter Where you pour a cup for yourself [Verse 1 — acoustic, breathy vocal] You hum along to our old song While you water plants gone dry Trip on that same loose floorboard Laugh that same old laugh, don't cry You leave your keys on my nightstand Right where you left my heart You wear that faded old sweatshirt That used to smell like my car [Pre-Chorus] I reach out for your hand But it passes through your sleeve I mouth out every word But you never hear me speak [Chorus — electric guitar beginning to swell in] I'm a ghost in the sunlight Standing in your open door Watching all our little yesterdays Fall and scatter on the floor You're living with the echoes I'm living in between You brush right past my memory Like I'm part of the screen I'm a ghost in the sunlight In the life we used to dream [Verse 2 — full band settling in, drums entering] You fold my shirts in a shoebox Then you stop and hold one tight Press it close against your cheek Talk to me like I'm still alive You fall asleep on the sofa Movie flickering on your face I sit right down there beside you You shiver at the space [Pre-Chorus] I whisper out your name But it's just another breeze You turn over in your sleep Reaching for everything but me [Chorus — building, electric guitar cutting through] I'm a ghost in the sunlight Standing in your open door Watching all our little yesterdays Fall and scatter on the floor You're living with the echoes I'm living in between You brush right past my memory Like I'm part of the screen I'm a ghost in the sunlight In the life we used to dream [Guitar Solo crying, blistering twin guitars trading lines] [Bridge] If love is more than breathing Then why am I still in this frame A picture you keep walking through Still calling out my name You dance there with my shadow To a song you barely know You say "I'll find my way to you" I'm right here But you let go [Verse 3 — stripped back down, quiet before the climb] The seasons turn, the porch light dims Another year I'm not there for You plant a tree where we said "someday" Watch the roots reach for that door I used to think that love was holding on Now I know it's learning to let be Maybe I'm not haunting you at all Maybe you're still haunting me [Epic Hook — full wall of gritty electric guitar and cinematic drums, powerful belt] I'm still here I'm still here In the space between the years I'm a ghost in the sunlight But my love was always real I'm still here I'm still here Long after the credits roll I'm the ghost in the sunlight That never let you go [Final Chorus — full power, everything in] I'm a ghost in the sunlight Standing in your open door Watching all our little yesterdays Fall and scatter on the floor You're living with the echoes I'm living in between You brush right past my memory Like I'm part of the screen I'm a ghost in the sunlight In the life we used to dream [Outro — fading back to acoustic guitar only] You still talk to my picture As the morning light turns gold I stay for every word you're saying Then fade before you're told
