Violets in the Vellum

[Intro]
[Verse]
The latch is heavy in my hand
Where time is only grains of sand
Golden dust in slanted light
Hiding stories from the sight
Misty breath on window panes
Autumn singing in the lanes
[Pre-Chorus]
A spine of blue, a faded gold
A hundred years of truth untold
I turn the page to twenty-four
And find a ghost behind the door
[Chorus]
Pressed violets in a velvet fold
A secret that the pages hold
Who left them here to sleep away?
A ghost of some forgotten day
A gentle hand, a quiet grace
Lost within this dusty space
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, the quiet awe
Of things we never saw
Oh, the gentle trace
In this silent place
[Break]
[Verse]
The ink is brown, the script is fine
A lady’s hand in every line
She loved a poet, long ago
Before the autumn started to snow
A token of a summer heat
Now a relic, bittersweet
[Pre-Chorus]
The vellum crackles like a flame
I whisper out a stranger's name
The air is cool, the light is low
Where did all the dreamers go?
[Chorus]
Pressed violets in a velvet fold
A secret that the pages hold
Who left them here to sleep away?
A ghost of some forgotten day
A gentle hand, a quiet grace
Lost within this dusty space
[Bridge]
We leave our marks in little ways
To flicker through the coming days
A petal or a penciled note
A ribbon from a winter coat
The maker dies, the love remains
Softly washing through the veins
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Pressed violets in a velvet fold
A secret that the pages hold
Who left them here to sleep away?
A ghost of some forgotten day
A gentle hand, a quiet grace
Lost within this dusty space
[Outro]