We are fading photographs

The silence in this room is louder than a scream
Your eyes are open but they don't see me
We're strangers lying in the same bed
Living with the ghosts of words unsaid


I trace the outline of your face
But it's like touching empty space


The fire that we built is just embers now
We lost the spark somewhere, don't know how
We hold on to the frame, but the picture's blank
Two strangers standing on a sinking bank


I reach for you, you reach for me
But we're just shadows, can't you see

We are fading photographs
Left out in the sun
We had a future once
But the colors are gone
We are burning down the past
To ashes and to dust
We had a future once
Now we're fading photographs


Stripped down, vulnerable
I remember when your smile could light the dark
Now it's just a flicker, a dying spark
I remember when our love was bright and new
Now I'm standing here, still loving you
But the light is gone...

AND WE'RE FADING!
WE'RE FADING PHOTOGRAPHS!
WE'RE FADING!
...nothing left.

Fading photographs...