Lyric

It doesn’t hurt

The way it did

The nights are quieter

Now and then

Your name appears

But not again

I pass the street

We used to park

It’s just another

Spot in the dark

No sudden ache

No sharp regret

Just something warm

I don’t forget

We didn’t burn

We didn’t crash

We just became

A softer past

Fading, not gone

That’s what we are

Not in my hands

But not too far

Fading, not gone

Still in between

A quiet truth

We’ve always been

Fading, not gone

No need to run

Some things don’t end

They just move on

The phone stays dark

Most nights now

I don’t reach out

I don’t know how

But if I hear

Your voice somewhere

It won’t undo

The way I care

Not enough

To start again

Not enough

To call you then

We chose the calm

We chose the line

We let it cool

In borrowed time

Fading, not gone

Soft and slow

Like evening light

Afterglow

Fading, not gone

Still the same

Just without

The spark or flame

We weren’t wrong

We weren’t right

We were something

For a night

And maybe that

Is all we’ll be

A quiet part

Of memory

Fading, not gone

Still a trace

In certain songs

In certain days

Fading, not gone

Not erased

Just rearranged

In time and space

Fading, not gone

I let you be

Not in my arms

But part of me

Still warm

Just not ours