Shattered Photographs

I memorized the way your joy ignites
That spark I'd bottle up to fight your nights
Your faded picture in my wallet creased
Still steals the ache I swore I'd thief

Cause I'm shattered when the silence stays
Your echo left my edges frayed
You vanished like a radio wave
(Static where your voice should play)

I'm half-alive in empty beds!
(Your ghost still warms the sheets)
Strong enough to pretend!
(But too weak to turn the page)

The storms we weathered left their marks
Now calm just highlights where you're not
No battles left between our names
Just phantom limbs and leftover pain

Cause I'm shattered when the silence stays
Your echo left my edges frayed
You vanished like a radio wave
(Static where your voice should play)

I'm half-alive in empty beds!
(Your ghost still warms the sheets)
Strong enough to pretend!
(But too weak to turn the page)

(Do you feel me through the walls?)
Asleep in some new stranger's arms
(Do you taste me in the smoke?)
I choke on every joke we spoke

I'm half-alive in empty beds!
(Your ghost still warms the sheets)
Strong enough to bleed instead!
(But too weak to turn the)