MUSIC FOR SALE

Verse 1
There’s a thief hiding in the seconds
Stealing pieces while I sleep
Taking colors from the photographs
Taking promises I keep
I keep chasing down the shadows
Of the things I used to know
But every time I turn around
Another piece is gone

Pre-Chorus
I built a wall out of memories
But time keeps tearing through

Chorus
What happens when the ink runs dry?
When the words can’t bring the past back to life?
When the pages start to crumble
And the truth begins to fade
I’ve been writing like a warning
I’ve been carving out a name
But even stone turns into dust
When the years decide to change
What happens when the ink runs dry?
Will anything of me remain?

Verse 2
I watched the seasons take their payment
One by one they came to collect
Left fingerprints across the mirror
Left a stranger in the reflection
I keep a record of the moments
Like a prisoner counting days
But the clock doesn’t care about my memories
It just keeps turning anyway

Pre-Chorus
I keep begging for another page
Another chance to hold on
But the hand that writes the ending
Has been moving all along

Chorus
What happens when the ink runs dry?
When the words can’t bring the past back to life?
When the pages start to crumble
And the truth begins to fade
I’ve been writing like a warning
I’ve been carving out a name
But even stone turns into dust
When the years decide to change
What happens when the ink runs dry?

Bridge
Time, you take without asking
You steal without a sound
You turn kings into memories
And bury them underground
But if everything is temporary
If every story ends someday
Then maybe the proof I was here
Was never meant to stay

Final Chorus
So when the ink runs dry
And the last word disappears
When the pages that I fought for
Become nothing but souvenirs
I’ll know I was a wildfire
I’ll know I left a flame
Even if the world forgets me
I was here all the same
And maybe that’s enough
Before the ink runs dry

Outro
The pen is getting lighter
The paper’s wearing thin