[Verse 1] Fairy lights, brown rice and sugar The room still smells like you She sleeps on the floor by the kitchen hum Like grief, my letter through She talks to shadows in a borrowed voice Says your name like a prayer You were never just flesh and bone You were always there And I hate that I'm watching from the edge of the door Like love didn't teach me what hurting's for You can feel the decay hanging soft in the air Like snow falling out of season Crisp and sweet like a melody that doesn't need a reason [Chorus] Fairy lights, don't flicker out She's not ready yet Love doesn't leave when the body dies It just hasn't learned the rest There's silence in the humming Of white lights all wrapped up in moss She says, "I'll say goodbye when I'm strong enough" Like strength ain't easy Already know what this is gonna cost She keeps you close in the only way she knows Left open, not brave, just true Some bonds don't end, they just change rules And it's not about letting go It's about staying alive when the part of you you knew how to breathe didn't survive You can feel the decay, but it's tender, it's kind Like grief dressed up as devotion Crisp and sweet like tears that fall without motion [Outro] You can feel the decay Fairy lights, stay soft and low She's still learning how Love doesn't die, but the heart stops beating They just live somewhere else now She still sleeps on the floor She speaks like words might make it real Got a loaded tongue, trembling at the fear of what she'll feel If she bruises you, she bruises in the proof that she was never alone So she keeps you safe and quiet where the world can't touch your bones Fairy lights with a breath of decay Still glowing through the pain The truth she's always known is love doesn't fade away It changes in the only way it knows how What a beautiful mess, I love you so much now Fairy lights to decay In pure and way
