Erasure

(INTRO) (Verse 1) The summer air was thick as honey We were kings of a rusty playground You patched the knees on my old jeans And I never heard a sweeter sound Than your laugh bouncing off the pavement A secret language, just us two You'd help me with the words I wrestled 'Cause the letters always fought with you (Pre-Chorus) Then the school bell rang, and you weren't on the steps Your desk was just an empty chair I called your house, just got the dial tone And a silence hanging everywhere (Chorus) How does a shadow just forget how to fall? How does a name get erased from the wall? The whole world kept on turning, didn't miss a b**t at all But my world got quiet, and you didn't come back last fall No, you didn't come back at all (Verse 2) I saw the rust on your screen door The way your mama’s smile had grown thin I noticed things I can't un-notice now The light you kept so carefully dim I found your journal in the closet Full of stories you never told me And a chill came from that old white box That's still sitting in my soul, cold and lonely (Pre-Chorus) I screamed your name 'til my throat was raw They said, "Child, she probably just ran away." Just another face they didn't see no how At the end of the day (Chorus) How does a shadow just forget how to fall? How does a name get erased from the hall? The whole world kept on turning, didn't miss a b**t at all But my world got quiet, and you didn't come back last fall No, you didn't come back at all (Bridge) Two years gone, and I'm still waiting By the chain-link, counting cracks My mind built a wall to save me From the one true thing it knew A new boy, he holds my hand now Says it's okay if I don't remember how But in the library, I found the truth you tried to borrow A book on a shelf, screaming of your sorrow (Outro) And the whole world kept on turning... Yeah, the whole world kept on turning... But my world got quiet. And you didn't come back. No, you didn't come back. Just a faded photograph. And a ghost in the hall. And a silence... after all.