Holding onto Shadows - ArlenaZara
The lights are low, the floor is cleared for two
The band is playing the song we used to know so true
The people spinning by, a blur of silk and sound
But only one partner is truly around
I feel a hand in mine, a presence I can't trace
I lean my head against a phantom space
My eyes are shut tight, trying to pretend
That this perfect moment doesn't have to end
Oh, I'm dancing with your ghost here in the moonlight gleam
Living in a memory lost within a dream
My feet are moving slowly to a painful, lonely beat
The sweetest kind of torture, tragically bittersweet
It's a silent conversation, a final sad embrace
Just the dust and me, filling in your place
We glide across the hardwood, a perfect, seamless flow
Nobody else can see you, they don't have to know
That the warmth I'm feeling is just the memory
Of how you used to hold me tenderly
The music swells, the violins begin to cry
Mirroring the teardrops that I can't deny
I can hear your laugh, soft above the din
Pretending that you're here, letting the heartbreak in
Oh, I'm dancing with your ghost here in the moonlight gleam
Living in a memory lost within a dream
My feet are moving slowly to a painful, lonely beat
The sweetest kind of torture, tragically bittersweet
It's a silent conversation, a final sad embrace
Just the dust and me, filling in your place
If the song should ever stop, if the music fades away
I know the illusion can't sustain another day
So keep the record spinning, keep the lights turned down so low
It's the only way I can pretend you didn't go
This sorrow is the rhythm, this longing is the sway
And I'm trapped inside this dance until the break of day
Oh, I'm dancing with your ghost here in the moonlight gleam
Living in a memory lost within a dream
My feet are moving slowly to a painful, lonely beat
The sweetest kind of torture, tragically bittersweet
It's a silent conversation, a final sad embrace
Just the dust and me, filling in your place
Dancing with your ghost
Holding empty air
Wishing you were here
Wishing you still cared
The music fades, I stand alone, the coldest dance I've ever known
Dancing with your ghost tonight