Graphite Ghost

[Intro]
[Verse]
The attic smells of cedar wood
I found the box where I once stood
Beneath the dust and yellow tape
A memory begins to take its shape
The cardboard flaps are folded tight
Against the fading afternoon light
[Pre-Chorus]
My fingers trace the spiral spine
A map of thoughts I once called mine
The paper’s thin and turning gold
A story waiting to be told
[Chorus]
Smudged crayon constellations glow
In lines that only children know
The stars are wax and indigo
Where did the little dreamer go?
Where did the little dreamer go?
[Post-Chorus]
Indigo
Indigo
Watch them glow
Watch them glow
[Verse]
A four-leaf clover, dry and flat
I wonder where I gathered that
Between the pages, charcoal streaks
Across the paper’s velvet cheeks
The drawings bleed through every sheet
Of clumsy hands and heavy feet
[Chorus]
Smudged crayon constellations glow
In lines that only children know
The stars are wax and indigo
Where did the little dreamer go?
Where did the little dreamer go?
[Bridge]
She’s standing in the corner there
With messy knots throughout her hair
She didn’t know the world was wide
Or all the things she had inside
She whispers from the graphite grey
“Don’t throw the quiet parts away”
[Verse]
I take the book down to the hall
The shadows stretching on the wall
The tea is warm, the steam is high
Beneath a soft and dapple sky
I’ll draw a line that’s straight and true
And start a page that’s bright and new
[Chorus]
Smudged crayon constellations glow
In lines that only children know
The stars are wax and indigo
Where did the little dreamer go?
Where did the little dreamer go?
[Post-Chorus]
Indigo
Indigo
Watch them glow
Watch them glow
[Outro]