[soft acoustic intro] [acoustic guitar fingered single string] Verse 1 There’s a room I built inside my chest, No walls, no roof, just space and breath. A trace of you in every light that bends, I don’t ask how it ends. (It’ll never end) [fade in cello] [fade in mandolins] [quarter notes] [Verse 2] I don’t call it heaven anymore, It’s just a liminal remembrance. An open wound still so tender. Something I always will remember. [fade out guitar] [fade in violin] [prechorus] [harmonized double track vocals] No stars fell when you slipped away, But my sky went dark that day. [chorus] [legato] You’re not a ghost, not gone, not dream, You’re the hollow I feel inside of me, The vow I made still like steel. In my Sanctum, Where it’s safe to feel. (Only there) [instrumental bridge] [soft mandolin with reverb] [distant choir layer] Verse 3 I sing less now, but feel you still, Like you’re wind outside the door. Or a whispered word I can’t quite hear, Like you’re waiting to reappear. [prechorus 2] The years don’t dim your shape or sound, They just wrap light around what I found. [chorus 2 ] [triple track vocals] [legato] You’re not a ghost, not gone, not dream, You’re what gives meaning to The vow I made, still unwavering Through this Sanctum, (Your sanctum) [Outro] [spoken words] If you ever walk my world again, I know that smile will unlock the door, by the part of me that bends, To you eternal forevermore. [fade out] [spoken words] my sanctum.
