Faded Fire

[Intro] [Verse 1] The photograph is fading on the shelf, Dusty frames and echoes of myself. Your laughter’s just a whisper in the rain, I trace the cracks where we wrote our name. [Pre-Chorus] We were kings of borrowed time, A match struck in the d**d of night. Now the flame’s a dying ember, But I still feel it in December. [Chorus] Oh, we burned like stars in a reckless sky, Now you’re just a shadow passing by. Faded fire, but I still see the glow, In every scar, in the songs we used to know. I scream your name where the silence screams back, Aching for the love we’ll never get back. [Verse 2] The streetlights hum our old mixtape’s refrain, Your ghost still slow-dances in the pane. I wear that old jacket, smell your perfume, A time machine stitched in every wound. [Pre-Chorus] We built castles in the smoke, Now they crumble with every note. But the echo’s loud and clear, “I wish you were still here.” [Chorus] Oh, we burned like stars in a reckless sky, Now you’re just a shadow passing by. Faded fire, but I still see the glow, In every scar, in the songs we used to know. I scream your name where the silence screams back, Aching for the love we’ll never get back. [Bridge] (Guitar solo: soaring, tear-streaked melody) The radio plays our last goodbye, A requiem for “you and I.” I clutch the ashes, let the wind pretend— Maybe we’ll ignite again. [Chorus] Oh, we burned like stars in a reckless sky, Now you’re just a shadow passing by. Faded fire, but I still see the glow, In every scar, in the songs we used to know. I scream your name where the silence screams back, Aching for the love we’ll never get back. [Outro]