[Intro/Piano] . [Verse: Piano] A single coal in the hearth still lingers A tiny heat that once roared with flame I sit in the hush of a room turned to cinders Callin' a name I can no longer claim [Piano] . [Verse: Piano] Your shadow leans long, a stranger on plaster The chair holds the shape of regret I reach for the warmth that slipped past my fingers And find only dust where your outline is set [Chorus: Piano] 'Cause these embers Singe me away These old cold embers They linger, remain, they stay [Piano] . [Verse: Piano] The hearth in the distance is dyin' Each breath grows thinner, less heat The echo of us is quietly fadin' Like embers snuffed out beneath bare feet [Verse: Piano] Lamplight pools cold on the floorboards Hours stretch thin as frost on the sill A lifetime of winters collapse into one night Since the fire you carried grew still [Chorus: Piano] 'Cause these embers Singe me away These old cold embers They linger, remain, they stay [Piano] . [Verse: Piano] The clock on the mantel bleeds seconds Each tick a small death in the room Every heartbeat without you is winter You're the blaze that went out too soon [Verse: Piano] Night folds its wings over everything Soot on the glass I can't clean I'll wait in this silence till mornin' forgets me Without you, the dark is all I've seen [Chorus: Piano] 'Cause these embers Singe me away These old cold embers They linger, remain, they stay [Piano] . [Outro/Piano/Fade Out] These old cold embers Are all that remain
