Lyric

Cracks in the window, breath on the glass

Smoke curls slow as the mornings pass

You said love’s just a season to hold—

Warm in the field, but it ends in cold

One step forward, two hearts stalled

Every word was sugar and salt

Whisper my name in the cooling breeze

You’re still the ache in my autumn leaves

Bittersweet rain on the fields we crossed

Nothing is sweeter than what we lost

Your scarf still smells like mountain air

Sunset dyeing your jet black hair

I’ve carried your laugh through every storm

The salt of the earth, where the memories form

We grew in silence, roots in the clay

One hand reached out, but we both looked away

Whisper my name in the cooling breeze

You’re still the ache in my autumn leaves

Sugar and salt in a single breath

A love so soft it could bleed to death