[Intro – Piano, distant female vocal] I still leave your side of the bed untouched. I don't know why. Maybe ghosts need somewhere to sleep. [Verse 1] Your coat is hanging by the doorway Like you'll need it when you leave There's a coffee stain beside the window That I never want to clean Sometimes the floorboards in the hallway Still remember how you walked And I turn around to answer Before I realize you never talked [Pre-Chorus] They say time will make it easier They say memory lets go But nobody told the walls That you're not coming home [Chorus] My ghost still loves you In every empty room In every ray of morning That still reaches for you My hands still search beside me Before I wake and know the truth You're gone You're gone But my ghost still loves you [Verse 2] I found your handwriting yesterday On a note behind the door "Don't forget the milk. I love you. See you after four." I laughed until I couldn't breathe Then cried there on the floor How can three forgotten sentences Become something sacred When you're gone? [Pre-Chorus] Everybody tells me I should put your things away But what if disappearing Is something we can choose to delay? [Chorus] My ghost still loves you In every empty room In every ray of morning That still reaches for you My hands still search beside me Before I wake and know the truth You're gone You're gone But my ghost still loves you [Instrumental – Cello + Guitar] [Bridge – almost spoken] Last night I heard your footsteps. Three across the hallway. Then silence. I didn't move. I didn't breathe. Because for three impossible seconds... you were home. [Orchestra rises] Maybe it was the pipes. Maybe it was the rain. Maybe grief learns how to imitate the people we can't replace. But I whispered your name anyway. [Heavy guitars enter] And somewhere in the darkness... the bedroom door moved. [Choir enters softly] Stay... Stay... Stay... [Female] I know you're not there. But please... just tonight... let me pretend. [Final Chorus – Full Orchestra] MY GHOST STILL LOVES YOU THOUGH MY HEART KNOWS YOU'RE GONE! EVERY ROOM STILL HOLDS YOU EVERY NIGHT STILL CARRIES ON! AND IF DEATH IS JUST A DOORWAY THAT I CANNOT FOLLOW THROUGH THEN LEAVE THE LIGHT ON SOMEWHERE UNTIL I COME TO YOU! [Choir] Until then... Until then... [Female] I'll live. [Choir stops] I'll laugh again. I'll learn to love the morning. But some part of me will always turn around... when the floorboards speak your name. [Outro – Piano] My ghost still loves you. But I... I have to live.
