Lyric

Morning hums in silver threads

The city breathes beneath my steps

Someone’s laughter drifts away —

I chase the echo, not the sound

And I remember, how you said

“Every goodbye has a soft edge.”

But I never learned to hold the air

Without your name inside it

Now the sunlight on the water

Looks like your handwriting — breaking apart

Every shimmer pulls me farther

Yet somehow closer to your heart

I don’t cry for what is over

I cry for how it still begins

In the sunlight, on the water

I see your face again

There’s music in the turning leaves

An unseen hand rewinds the breeze

You once told me time’s a lens —

We fade, but never quite release

I still feel you in the pauses

Where silence grows like fragile mosses

Even the shadows in my room

Seem to wait for your permission

Now the sunlight on the water

Writes a story I can’t amend

Every ripple spells “forever,”

But forever always bends

And I don’t cry for what is broken

I cry for what remains

In the sunlight, on the water

Your reflection calls my name

The sky forgives the night each morning

Maybe I can too, someday

The warmth that burns upon the ocean

Is the same that took you away

Now the sunlight on the water

Is a promise I can’t send

Every gleam is just a moment

Learning how to never end

And I smile through the tears unspoken —

You’re the peace behind the pain

In the sunlight, on the water

I see your face again