Burning Afterimage

I still see you when the room goes dark

Like a photograph burned into my heart You left the door open

when you walked away

Now every outline looks a little like your face I tried new

places, tried new names But every night somehow feels the same I

can change the sheets,

I can change the view

But I can’t change what reminds me of you

You’re not here

But you’re everywhere

I close my eyes

And you’re still there

(you're still there)

You’re my afterimage

Burning through the dark

A piece of you remains Like a fire in my heart You’re

my afterimage

I can’t make you fade

I keep chasing someone

Who already walked away

I see your silhouette underneath the streetlight

Hear your voice whenever the city gets quiet

Every little thing that I swore I’d forget

Keeps finding its way back into my head

I don’t want you back,

that’s the part I can’t explain I just want the memory to

stop knowing my name

You’re not here

But you’re everywhere

I close my eyes

And you’re still there (ohhh)

You’re my afterimage

Burning through the dark

A piece of you remains Like a fire in my heart You’re

my afterimage

I can’t make you fade

I keep chasing someone

Who already walked away

Maybe time won’t erase you

Maybe I don’t need it to

Maybe healing isn’t forgetting

Maybe it’s learning to live with you

Not beside me…

Just behind me.

You’re my afterimage

Burning through the dark

A piece of you remains Like a fire in my heart You’re

my afterimage

I can’t make you fade

I keep chasing someone

Who already walked away

Afterimage…

Slowly fading…

But never

gone.