[3:45–4:10 | intentionally sparse] [0:00–0:20 | INTRO — air, Rhodes, distant trumpet] Blue light… On an empty room. Funny… I still see you. ⸻ [0:20–0:48 | VERSE 1 — almost conversational] Curtains moving in the midnight air For a moment… I thought you were there Your glass still beside the bed Your goodbye… still inside my head I don’t call I don’t try Some things leave… Some things stay behind ⸻ [0:48–1:05 | INSTRUMENTAL BREATH — trumpet answers] Ooh… Still see you. ⸻ [1:05–1:29 | CHORUS — restrained, long notes] Afterimage… Still behind my eyes Gone when I reach for you There when I close them tight Afterimage… I guess that’s what you do You left my life… but never left my view ⸻ [1:29–1:50 | INSTRUMENTAL — polyrhythm breathes] [No vocal] ⸻ [1:50–2:16 | VERSE 2] Someone passed me wearing your perfume I turned around… Too soon Wrong face Same ache Funny what a memory can make Now every beautiful night… looks a little like you ⸻ [2:16–2:32 | INSTRUMENTAL / TRUMPET RESPONSE] Mmm… A little like you. ⸻ [2:32–2:56 | CHORUS 2 — slightly wider] Afterimage… Still behind my eyes Gone when I reach for you There when I close them tight Afterimage… Maybe that’s the truth Some people leave your life… but never leave your view ⸻ [2:56–3:18 | BRIDGE — drums nearly disappear] Maybe time… changes everything. Maybe one morning… I’ll wake up— And blue… will just be blue again. [long pause] But not tonight. ⸻ [3:18–3:42 | KEY ELEVATION — emotional release] Afterimage… I don’t need you back I just need these colors… to stop remembering what we had Afterimage… I’m finally letting you go But somewhere behind my eyes… you still glow ⸻ [3:42–4:02 | OUTRO — Rhodes + trumpet conversation] You still glow… [trumpet] Mmm… Afterimage. [long instrumental fade]
