The hearth holds the phantom of your flame, the cold granite softly speaks your name. I gather the ember where we stood, and weave every whisper through the wood. The thread doesn't sever, the tide doesn't break, I carry the quiet for your sake. (you stay, you stay, you stay) You dissolved into the floorboards, you became the air we breathe, a quiet presence time could never thief. Forever held, forever whole, you stay, you stay, a living soul. (always, always, forever you stay) (you stay, you stay) The winter may harvest every leaf, yet dawn wears the armor of our grief. Your breath went quiet beneath the stone, yet here you remain, inside my bone. You dissolved into the floorboards, you became the air we breathe, a quiet presence time could never thief. Forever held, forever whole, you stay, you stay, a living soul. (always, always, forever you stay) (you stay, you stay) Absence becomes a presence now, a broken branch on a living bough. You are gone, you are here, you never fade. (always held, always whole) You dissolved into the floorboards, you became the air we breathe, a quiet presence time could never thief. Forever held, forever whole, you stay, you stay, a living soul. (always, always, forever you stay) (you stay, you stay, forever you stay)
