Fading Slowly

[Verse 1] You left your books on the window seat Spine cracked open on the page you loved Dust in the sun like a quiet storm Your coffee ring still staining my desk I keep your name in my trembling mouth Say it too loud and the room caves in Every corner keeps a piece of us Every mirror shows me what we were [Chorus] We are fading Like ink on a letter I read too many times Like breath on the glass in the cold Then it dies I reach for your shadow It slips from my hands We are fading Slowly Slowly Like a song that will not end Just quieter each time it hits my chest again We are fading (I still stand where you let go) [Verse 2] You used to hum in the narrow hall Bare feet tracing constellations on tile Now silence hangs from the picture frames Heavy as rain that refuses to fall I light the lamp that you always broke Watch the moths crash into borrowed light I talk to walls like they understand How losing you turned the air to glass [Chorus] We are fading Like ink on a letter I read too many times Like breath on the glass in the cold Then it dies I reach for your shadow It slips from my hands We are fading Slowly Slowly Like a song that will not end Just quieter each time it hits my chest again We are fading (I still stand where you let go) [Bridge] Tell me Did you ever turn around? Feel the pull of everything we burned I would take the ruin Take the scars If you’d just call my name once more (just once) [Chorus] We are fading Like ink on a letter I read too many times Like breath on the glass in the cold Then it dies I reach for your shadow It slips from my hands We are fading Slowly Slowly Like a song that will not end Just quieter each time it hits my chest again We are fading (but I still glow where you were)