Wake of a whisper, thirteen years unspoken past Silhouettes at the table, in the candle, shadow cast The muse and the mystery lost in me, though still remain A specter of tragedy ever lingers like a stain
And regret is the rule of the day All the things they've forgotten to say So they chose not to start as they drifted apart While the innocence melted away
And it's a long way down when the promise is already gone All the dreams we founded have faded with time, and its time to move on Here surrounded, too proud to give up but too tired to carry you home What a way to be free
Shell of a memory from an artificial life Matchsticks and ashes, only figures marking time He just stares at the window, the scars of vacant eyes Gripped by the haunting and the loss he kept inside
So she carries the weight of the world And she buries the dreams of a girl And she wonders if time will be aging like wine Or the pain that created the pearl