Twelve-Year Haze

[Intro]
[Verse]
Crumpled linen on my skin
Where the golden light creeps in
Dust motes dancing in the air
Like the ribbons in your hair
Twelve years gone like morning mist
A summer day we never missed
I can still feel the heat
Rising from the dusty street
[Pre-Chorus]
Distant birds begin to sing
I can’t remember everything
But the scent is hanging low
Where did all the seasons go?
It's a fuzzy kind of glow
One I used to know
[Chorus]
Wild jasmine in my palm
Keeping all the static calm
Half-visible steps in the dew
Walking back to find you
In the sun-dappled haze
Of our secret playground days
Just a ghost in the light
Fading slowly out of sight
[Post-Chorus]
Soft white petals
Where the light settles
Twelve years later
Memory’s a creator
[Verse]
Petals stuck against the screen
The softest white I’ve ever seen
I woke up in an empty room
Still wrapped inside that heavy bloom
Your laughter was a ghost today
Just a breath and blown away
I reached out for your hand
In that quiet, distant land
[Pre-Chorus]
Shadows stretch across the floor
I don't see you anymore
But the warmth is on my face
In this quiet, hollow space
Time is such a strange lace
That I can't quite retrace
[Chorus]
Wild jasmine in my palm
Keeping all the static calm
Half-visible steps in the dew
Walking back to find you
In the sun-dappled haze
Of our secret playground days
Just a ghost in the light
Fading slowly out of sight
[Bridge]
Was it real or was it gold?
Stories that we never told
Brushed shaker, steady beat
Grass beneath our bare feet
I forgot your middle name
But the feeling stays the same
Swollen synths and jangly chords
Words we never could afford
[Chorus]
Wild jasmine in my palm
Keeping all the static calm
Half-visible steps in the dew
Walking back to find you
In the sun-dappled haze
Of our secret playground days
Just a ghost in the light
Fading slowly out of sight
[Hook]
Twelve years in a nap
Falling through the map
Jasmine in the air
Are you still there?
[Post-Chorus]
Soft white petals
Where the light settles
Twelve years later
Memory’s a creator
[Outro]