Dancing With Her Shadow

Some memories don't ask to stay
They just do
They linger in the corners of my room
In the scent of rain
In the glow of a street lamp that never quite dies

I remember her, not just the way she laughed
But the way she didn't cry when she left
Like love was just another promise that had already expired
They say you should let go to heal
But I don't think I ever held her
She was always a little further than forever me

I'm still here
Dancing with her shadow
Dancing with her shadow

Neon lights trace a silhouette
In every stranger I forget
Her perfume floats in midnight air
But when I turn, she's never there

I chased a heart that wasn't mine
Built dreams from silence across the line
She kissed me soft like I was real
Then vanished with the love she'd steal

These nights, they echo lies we said
I sleep beside her ghost instead

I've been dancing with her shadow
Holding hands with what's not true
She left her love like broken glass
And I keep bleeding through

I called her name into the dark
Still dancing with her shadow

Her goodbye didn't sound like pain
Just silence riding on the train
She smiled like she was saying stay
Then walked like I was in

I found truth in what she hid
In every night I never did
Close my eyes without her face
Etched in dreams I can't erase

Some songs are meant to end in light
But I still dance through every night

I've been dancing with her shadow
Holding hands with what's not true
She left her love like broken glass
And I keep bleeding through

I called her name into the dark
But all that answered was the past
She gave me hope and watched it die
Now I move where it goes last

Still dancing
With her shadow

She never loved me out loud
But her silence was the loudest sound
Now every beat beneath this skin
Still waits for her to walk back in

I've been dancing with her shadow
Footsteps lost in every line
I built a home from what we dreamed
Then watched it break goodbye

She gave me love like smoking light
Too beautiful to hold on tight
Now I keep moving through the night
Still dancing
With her shadow