Pencil Lead and Dust

[Intro]
[Verse]
Found it near the back wall
Dusty spine, standing tall
Paper thin, paper white
Holding on to the light
Smelling like an old room
Safe inside the winter gloom
Fifty cents for a dream
Worn out at every seam
[Pre-Chorus]
Tucked inside the middle part
A little piece of someone's heart
Ink is fading on the line
But the feeling’s just like mine
[Chorus]
Rainy days and coffee steam
Waking from a quiet dream
You felt the hollow too
I am reaching out to you
Across the years and the ink
More connected than we think
In the margins of the day
Words that never go away
[Verse]
Pencil marks in the white
"Hope you find the light"
Scribbled in a shaky hand
Only I could understand
Three o'clock in the fall
Staring at a lonely wall
You were sitting where I sit
Lighting up a candle wick
[Chorus]
Rainy days and coffee steam
Waking from a quiet dream
You felt the hollow too
I am reaching out to you
Across the years and the ink
More connected than we think
In the margins of the day
Words that never go away
[Bridge]
The library stamp says June
Humming a forgotten tune
We were never truly alone
In a world we've outgrown
Two souls on a single page
Breaking out of the cage
A bridge across the tide
With nowhere left to hide
[Verse]
I’ll leave my own mark now
Make a silent, soft vow
Pass it to the next hand
In this quiet, shifting sand
Let the story carry on
Long after we are gone
Someone else will find the trace
Of this tiny, hidden space
[Chorus]
Rainy days and coffee steam
Waking from a quiet dream
You felt the hollow too
I am reaching out to you
Across the years and the ink
More connected than we think
In the margins of the day
Words that never go away
[Outro]