I Stay Remembering - Aliza
I try to move forward
Though my mind stays back
Every little corner still holds your laugh
The way you said my name like it meant something more
Now it echoes softly through an empty door
I tell myself it's in the past
But memories hold fast
I stay remembering
Even when I try not to
Every quiet moment
Leads me back to you
I walk through daylight
Like I'm strong and free
But at night
It's you and me
I replay conversations
Like they're happening now
Looking for the second we chose somehow
Your goodbye was simple, my mind still incomplete
You turned the page, I reread the feet
You let it go, I can't wash the light
I hold it close every night
I stay remembering
The touch, the tone, the way your presence felt like home
I say I'm here
When the truth is true
I stay remembering
You
Maybe one day the past won't stay
Maybe my heart will find its way
Until I'm whole and break this tether
I'll carry pieces of us together
Not out of hope, not out of pretending
Just because
I stay remembering