Fading Ghosts

There's a noise upstairs, it pulls me back For a second, I'm not here, I'm there Laughter in the walls, a door left open The past sneaks in when I'm not looking Fading ghosts, they come and go Lingering shadows I used to know They're here in the quiet, gone in the light A memory soft, slipping out of sight The chair in the corner still feels alive Like someone's just left, like they'll arrive I catch myself smiling at nothing at all Until the silence reminds me to fall Fading ghosts, they come and go Lingering shadows I used to know They're here in the quiet, gone in the light A memory soft, slipping out of sight Some days it's easy, some days it stings The way they fade, the space it brings I breathe a little deeper, walk a little slower It hurts less now, but it's not over Will it ever be over Will it ever be over Fading ghosts, they come and go Lingering shadows I used to know They're here in the quiet, gone in the light A memory soft, slipping out of sight Fading ghosts, they don't stay long But sometimes I still hear their song They drift in the quiet, slip through the air And leave me standing, almost there almost there