Your Shadow Stays - ArlenaZara
The sun streams through the window now
at the same time everyday
It hits the living room floor
in the exact same way
I moved the couch and chairs around
I painted all the walls
I cleared away the clutter that used to fill the halls
I tried to make this place a stranger
a space that you don't know
a sterile empty canvas where no memory can grow
But when the light hits the hardwood
right between the chairs
I see the shape you used to make when you were sitting there
And you're long gone baby
you took the life we made
But your shadow stays
It's the only thing that hasn't seemed to fade
I can clean the outline
I can scrub away the past
a silent dark reminder of a love too good to last
Every single morning
I see you on the ground
the quiet is kind of haunting
without a single sound
Yeah your shadow stays
a ghost I have to live with everyday
I threw away your t-shirts
I gave away your books
I even changed the locks and the way the kitchen looks
I'm building a new future
I'm trying to move on
trying to find my footing in the cold harsh light of dawn
But I can't escape the footprint that you left upon my soul
a permanent impression taking its heavy toll
It's like you're in the room with me
though you're a thousand miles away
just a darker moving outline that refuses to decay
And you're long gone baby
you took the life we made
But your shadow stays
It's the only thing that hasn't seemed to fade
I can clean the outline
I can scrub away the past
a silent dark reminder of a love too good to last
Every single morning
I see you on the ground
the quiet is kind of haunting
without a single sound
Yeah your shadow stays
a ghost I have to live with everyday
Maybe I don't want it gone
maybe I need the shade
the only honest anchor of the promise that we made
Maybe the dark outline is the only part of you
that's honest enough to stick around and see this through
And you're long gone baby
you took the life we made
But your shadow stays
It's the only thing that hasn't seemed to fade
I can clean the outline
I can scrub away the past
a silent dark reminder of a love too good to last
Every single morning
I see you on the ground
the quiet is kind of haunting
without a single sound
Yeah your shadow stays
a ghost I have to live with everyday
Your shadow stays
the only truth I see
Your shadow stays
a part of you with me
Your shadow stays
the light can't wash it out
swallowed up and out
Your shadow stays