in the quiet of the morning
I see the sunrise alone
echoes of your laughter
are just a whisper a ghost
every corner of this room
a silent testament
to the love that once was
but now is absent
but I can't hold on to the shadows of
the ones who want to be free
in the end it's their choice
to stay or to leave
I can't make them stay
no matter how hard I try
for the ones I wanna keep
just pass me by
memories like photographs
fading with each day
promises we made now just a distant haze
the heartache lingers
a constant painful sting
for the ones I wish to keep
but they won't cling
but I can't hold on to the shadows of
the ones who want to be free
in the end it's their choice
to stay or to leave
I can't make them stay
no matter how hard I try
for the ones I wanna keep
just pass me by
maybe it's the nature of the heart to yearn
for what it can't hold
a fleeting touch a whispered part
in the story of the old
but I can't hold on to the shadows of
for the ones who want to be free
in the end it's their choice
to stay or to leave
I can't make them stay
no matter how hard I try
for the ones I wanna keep
just pass me by
so I let the night take the
sorrow and the dawn bring the new
for the ones who leave I'll let them go
in the hope that love will find its way back to you