You pulled your coat around your shoulders
As the sidewalk glowed beneath the storm
I traced your name in raindrops on the window
But I won't reach you on this platform
Your eyes met mine for just a second
Then drifted back to where you came from
We're two ships lost on opposite currents
Wondering why we ever sailed along
Every time the thunder breaks
I feel a tremor in my chest
Wishing you'd stay a little longer
Even though we know it's for the best
'Cause we're a flicker in the rain
A whispered wish that can't remain
You're right here but far away
Love that's burning but can't stay
We're a song we never learned to play
A flicker in the rain
I keep your jacket in my hallway
It still smells like midnight conversations
Every time I slip my arms inside it
I'm haunted by our lost invitations
You smiled and said "we'll find a moment"
But calendars don't bend to hopeful hearts
We're pages torn from the same love story
Stuck between the lines before it starts
Every distant lightning strike
Reminds me how you've gone too far
I reach for you through empty echoes
Wishing on a fading star
'Cause we're a flicker in the rain
A whispered wish that can't remain
You're right here but far away
Love that's burning but can't stay
We're a song we never learned to play
A flicker in the rain
If I could steal one moment
Freeze it in a glass of time
I'd hold your hand and say the words
I've spent forever trying to define
But the sky is closing in around us
And the forecast reads "goodbye again"
So I'll tuck this ache beneath my heartbeat
And watch the raindrops hide my pain
We're a flicker in the rain
A fragile spark that feels the pain
You're so close yet out of frame
Love that flickers but can't remain
Like a melody we couldn't tame
We're a flicker in the rain
Flicker in the rain