Dust on the window frame, quiet in the hall Watching the streetlights flicker on the wall We used to talk until the morning turned to blue Now I'm just searching for a ghost I thought I knew You sit across the room, a million miles away With all the heavy words we’re both too tired to say I watch the shadows fall across your folded hands We built a fragile house on shifting river sands I see the quiet suit line sitting by the door You’re packing up the life we don't live anymore And every ticking clock is pulling us apart Counting down the seconds of a breaking heart So hold me softly, hold me close, Rest your lips against my skin Take me to that quiet place Where the peace is folding in Whisper low into the dark Lie and say you’ll never go Catch me as the floor gives way Before the morning starts to show You wrap your arms around me like a final grace A gentle shadow lingering in an empty space I feel the pulse inside your chest against my own Knowing that tomorrow I’ll be left here alone You promise not to leave me out here in the cold To keep the memories of us before we both grew old When sunrise breaks through the window pane My world will wash away beneath the heavy rain I’ll stand among the ruins of the life we made Watching every golden dream begin to fade But just for three more minutes, pretend that I’m required Tell me that you need me, tell me you’re just tired Hold me softly, hold me close, Rest your lips against my skin Take me to that quiet place Where the peace is folding in Whisper low into the dark Lie and say you’ll never go Catch me as the floor gives way Before the morning starts to show Fool me one last time tonight... Lie and say I’m still your home... Hold me softly, hold me close... Hold me softly, hold me close...
