Velvet Dust

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust motes dance in silver light
Shadows creeping through the night
Cardboard corners start to tear
Memories hanging in the air
Mothballs and the scent of old
Stories that were never told
[Pre-Chorus]
Found a little piece of us
Hidden under layers of rust
Colors bleeding into grey
From a long-forgotten day
I can feel the phantom sting
Of a tiny braided string
[Chorus]
Oh, the summer heat
Running on the gravel street
Threaded through my messy hair
Like you were always there
Now the knots are coming loose
Tangled in a quiet truce
Soft weight of the sun
Before the day was done
[Verse]
Music box begins to chime
Frozen in a different time
Plastic beads with letters gone
Waiting for another dawn
Grass stains on our yellow knees
Whispering to willow trees
We were giants in the yard
Keeping every secret guard
[Bridge]
Cicadas hum a heavy tune
Underneath a paper moon
You moved out on a Tuesday rain
Left me with a hollow stain
No goodbye and no return
Just the way the candles burn
I forgot the way you laughed
On that wooden summer raft
[Hook]
Faded blue and neon pink
Faster than a heavy blink
Faded blue and neon pink
Down the drain the seasons sink
[Chorus]
Oh, the summer heat
Running on the gravel street
Threaded through my messy hair
Like you were always there
Now the knots are coming loose
Tangled in a quiet truce
Soft weight of the sun
Before the day was done
[Post-Chorus]
Soft weight of the warmth
North of where we started from
Soft weight of the warmth
I am coming undone
Soft weight of the warmth
Everything is gone
[Outro]