When a Memory Stays

Acoustic/ Drone/ Delta Blues/ Bleak Blues

Verse 1
Half of the bed is left untouched,
As if forgetting isn't right.
The memories bring as much pain
As the lack of warmth during the night.

The moonlight shudders in crescendo,
Its silver light cuts through the glass.
My mind is weirdly pretending
That there are still the two of us.

Pre-Chorus
I don't talk to myself anymore,
I've lost myself in this twisted game.
I've tried to go on and tried to ignore,
But the emptiness keeps feeling the same.

Chorus
The spirits
Were never meant to leave.
And my heart
Just learns a different way to bleed.

It's overwhelming
And gets scarier with time.
I'm trying to chase
Not you—
But your version in my mind.

Verse 2
My dreams are lying to me.
They show my calm and happy face.
But when I wake up and try to see,
I can't recognise this world and this place.

Sometimes I hear a whisper
Inside the evening tender breeze.
But its tenderness leaves blisters
And throws me back into the abyss.

Bridge
If memories could age,
Could they forget me too?
Or would they keep me in the cage
And say that the longing is true?

Final Chorus
The spirits
Were never meant to leave.
And my heart
Just learns a different way to bleed.

Everything became
A story I still know...
With every minute
It feels more real
Than it did long ago.

Outro
I stopped waiting.
You stopped breathing.