We met in the echo of a summer song
You were a wildfire, didn’t burn for long
Shared nights, soft lights, and too much wine
You said forever, I believed the line
And I still taste the cherry on your lip
Still feel your hand I used to grip
The couch, the rain, the stolen time
It’s all yours, though none of it’s mine
You're the ghost of a sweet July
Faded but still making me cry
You left like the ending of a song
Too short, too right, too wrong
Now I light a match and let it burn
Try to forget, but always return
To the ghost I knew, the love I lost
The sweet July that came with a cost
Your t-shirt's still in the bottom drawer
Your voice still leaks from the hallway floor
We were young, but the feeling’s old
You turned away when I tried to hold
The photo booth, your half-closed eyes
The way you laughed, the quiet lies
I keep them locked in melody
But they keep unlocking me
You're the ghost of a sweet July
Faded but still making me cry
You left like the ending of a song
Too short, too right, too wrong
Now I light a match and let it burn
Try to forget, but always return
To the ghost I knew, the love I lost
The sweet July that came with a cost
Maybe we were meant to fade
A spark that just refused to stay
But even now, in the quiet air
It feels like you’re still there
You're the ghost of a sweet July
Still the tear in my goodbye
No goodbye was ever said
Just silence in the bed
I light a match, watch it glow
You’re the shadow I’ll never show
But every summer, I still sigh
For the ghost of that sweet July