Grasping At Smoke

Verse 1
I wake to silence, the night’s slipped away,
Fragments of shadows, they’re starting to fray.
Your mask, your touch, the things that I knew,
Gone with the morning, like they weren’t true.

Pre-Chorus
I reach for you, but there’s nothing there,
Just whispers dissolving into the air.

Chorus
I’m grasping at smoke, holding on tight,
To pieces of dreams that vanish with light.
Your face is a blur, but I still chase,
The ghost of a shadow I can’t replace.
I’m grasping at smoke, it slips through my hands,
A fleeting illusion I can’t understand.

Verse 2
Your voice is fading, a half-written song,
A melody broken before it’s too long.
The harder I cling, the faster it flies,
Like secrets dissolving in morning skies.

Pre-Chorus
I swear you’re real when I close my eyes,
But daylight turns you into lies.

Chorus
I’m grasping at smoke, holding on tight,
To pieces of dreams that vanish with light.
Your face is a blur, but I still chase,
The ghost of a shadow I can’t replace.
I’m grasping at smoke, it slips through my hands,
A fleeting illusion I can’t understand.

Bridge
Tell me, are you hiding in the night?
Or just a phantom of my mind?
I’ll keep chasing, though I know—
Morning always lets you go.

Final Chorus
I’m grasping at smoke, reaching in vain,
Trying to hold what I can’t contain.
Your shadow fades, but my heart still knows,
I’m forever chasing the ghost I chose.

Outro
The sun breaks through, the dream is gone,
But the smoke of you still lingers on.

female, gothic rock, dark electronic