Autumn Leaf

Heavy, dust-laden stillness of a heart that refuses to move on, wandering through a skeletal landscape of shared secrets and faded echoes where love has transitioned from a sanctuary into a permanent, beautiful wound.

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[Verse 1]

The old key is sleeping still inside the lock

In the same place where we used to laugh and talk

Every corner keeps a secret that was yours

An empty house now, with faded walls and floors

[Verse 2]

Two glasses on the table, one is covered in dust

The same old wine, filled with a silent trust

I look through the window at a road long and grey

Love was a temple, now it’s pain in the way

[Bridge]

Time doesn't heal us, it only shows the part

Of how to lock away the beating of a heart

Every memory is a wound that will not close

Like an autumn leaf where the bitter wind blows

[Verse 3]

I keep the letters with their covers worn and old

Heavy words like ghosts with eyes of silver and cold

Do you sometimes have a dream where we are one

Or in another world find a place in the sun?

[Verse 4]

The city is the same but the people are unknown

I walk with heavy steps like chains upon a throne

Every single song reminds me of your name

Like a storm that promises nothing but the rain

[Chorus]

I search for you in the scent of your old shirt

Where our souls were hugging, far away from hurt

I am just a shadow of what we used to be

Beneath the ash of memories, a hope still sleeps in me

[Verse 5]

Years will pass us by and our hair will turn to white

But this restless feeling scares me in the night

I will stay right here, don’t take me anywhere

Guarding all our memories with a silent prayer