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