LYRIC FOR SALE

By Tom Elliott

Verse 1
I folded your clothes , you left on the chair
Still smells like your scent , like you were just there
The kettle still whistles, like you used to do
I talk to the silence, pretending it’s you

Pre-Chorus
I keep the lights low, like you liked it best
But the shadows are louder than all the rest

Chorus
And I still got your echo in every room
Your laugh in the hallway, your hum in the gloom
I reach for your hand in the cold of the night
But it’s just the wind, and it don’t hold tight
You’re gone, but you linger like perfume on skin
I lost you then , but I feel lose you over again

Verse 2
Your toothbrush is dancing with mine in the glass
Like nothing has changed, like time hasn’t passed
I play our old records, they skip where you sang
Now silence is heavy, and grief has a twang

Pre-Chorus
I keep the door cracked, like you used to say
“In case you come back, or forget your way”

Chorus
And I still got your echo in every room
Your laugh in the hallway, your hum in the gloom
I reach for your hand in the cold of the night
But it’s just the wind, and it don’t hold tight
You’re gone, but you linger like perfume on skin
I lost you then, but I feel lose you over again

Bridge
I don’t want closure, I don’t want peace
I want the pain,I want the feeling to never cease
Where you used to sleep , where you used to breathe
I want the ghost, if I can’t have the thief

Final Chorus (softly)
I still got your echo in every room
Your name on my lips, your ghost in the gloom
I reach for your hand in the cold of the night
But it’s just the wind, and it don’t hold tight
You’re gone, but you linger like perfume on skin
I lost you once… and I lose you again