Lyric

I light a flame for yesterday

Not to bring it back

But to see it clearly

Through the dark

All the words I never said

Still rest inside the glow

They don’t need a future now

Just a place to go

I don’t turn away this time

I let the moment stay

This is a candle for yesterday

For every tear I couldn’t save

I hold the light, I don’t pretend

That it didn’t end

This is a candle for yesterday

For the love that couldn’t stay

I thank the night for what it gave

And let it fade

The flame is small but steady

Like the truth at last

It doesn’t ask me to forget

Or outrun the past

I see your face in flickering light

Not broken, just still

A memory doesn’t have to hurt

To be real

I don’t blame the dark or me

I just breathe

This is a candle for yesterday

For every tear I couldn’t save

I hold the light, I don’t pretend

That it didn’t end

This is a candle for yesterday

For the love that couldn’t stay

I thank the night for what it gave

And let it fade

If peace is something we learn

Then this is how I start

By loving what has already

Left my heart

This is a candle for yesterday

Not regret, not shame

Just a quiet room

Where grace remains

I don’t need the past to stay

Or tomorrow to explain

I bow my head

And bless the flame

The light goes out

But not the love