The sun was low painting the sky
Shadows whispered as the day passed by
Footsteps fade on the winding road
Carrying stories no one ever told
A fleeting laugh somewhere in the breeze
Leaves dance softly through the autumn trees
A moment slips just out of your hands
Like fragile castles built on shifting sands
Oh the echoes call but they won't stay
Fading farther every single day
You reach to hold but they drift apart
Like forgotten lines from a poet's heart
The stars once mapped a path we’d tread
Now they're guiding strangers instead
The river’s song it hums so near
Yet its waters blur what’s clear
I see the glow from fading light
It slips the grasp like dreams each night
The melody lingers through the air
A bittersweet trace we knew was there
Oh the echoes call but they won't stay
Fading farther every single day
You reach to hold but they drift apart
Like forgotten lines from a poet's heart