Let Down

[Verse] Thought today you might come around Waited by the phone, listening for the sound Of something hopeful breaking through the ache Caught in memories we can’t remake Promises crumble, lost in the night Reading old messages under pale light Every smile we had now out of sight Still holding on but not too tight [Pre-Chorus] Shadows stretch across the walls again I brace for truth I always knew [Chorus] Every time I reach, it falls away Echoes of you drift further each day I’m wide awake, holding out for more But empty arms are all that I’m fighting for Tell me why I always believe somehow The higher I climb, the harder I fall down [Verse] You said forever, but forever slipped fast Painted futures fading into the past Hands once steady now cold and withdrawn Dreams unravel each breaking dawn Tried to forget the things you’d say But they haunt the quiet, won’t fade away Gave my heart, lost in the cost Finding pieces of what we lost [Pre-Chorus] Moonlit whispers echo in my head Can’t escape the words you left unsaid [Chorus] Every time I reach, it falls away Echoes of you drift further each day I’m wide awake, holding out for more But empty arms are all that I’m fighting for Tell me why I always believe somehow The higher I climb, the harder I fall down [Bridge] Broken glass beneath my feet I walk these halls of incomplete If hope is a lie, let it fade slow Still searching for a way to let you go [Chorus] Every time I reach, it falls away Echoes of you drift further each day I’m wide awake, holding out for more But empty arms are all that I’m fighting for Tell me why I always believe somehow The higher I climb, the harder I fall down [Outro] So I drift beneath the fading light Learning how to say goodbye tonight The ache remains, but I’ll carry on Shadow of you, slowly, gently gone