Dance of the Departed

In the dead of night, Beneath the moon's glow I dance with phantoms From long ago Memories swirl Haunting yet sweet Lost in the rhythm Of ghostly feet With every step I'm lost in the past Dead to its shadows That forever last In the lint ballroom The knees embrace I twirl with ghosts In the spectral space Whispers of echoes From days gone by In the midnight hour They come alive Each waltz A tale of love and pain In the spectral dance They rise again With every step I'm lost in the past Dead to its shadows That forever last In the lint ballroom The knees embrace I twirl with ghosts In the spectral space Carousel dreams A symphony of sight In the ghostly waltz I close my eyes Lost in the music Lost in the night I dance with ghosts Until morning light With every step I'm lost in the past Dead to its shadows That forever last In the lint ballroom The knees embrace I twirl with ghosts In the spectral space As the night fades And the stars grow dim I bid farewell To the ghosts within I bid farewell To the ghosts within But their whispers linger In the morning dew A haunty reminder Of the dance we knew