From the recording Musical Thought Journey
Grief is hard. I remember being in recovery after a surgery feeling disoriented and woozy. I was afraid I would always feel that way. That's how this grief is for me. I am afraid I will always feel this way.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The walls know my name too well,
Hands that once could hold the sky
Now shake when I wave goodbye.
The house still creaks the way it did
Speaking with her words that hold no blame
Now no one’s here to call my name.
[Pre-Chorus]
I walk the halls of yesterday,
Every step’s a price I pay
Sometimes I feel I stayed too long
My life just feels so wrong.
[Chorus]
There’s nothing left but memories,
Faded photographs of me,
Laughter trapped in yesterday,
Like songs I still know how to play.
The rivers keep flowing, the future is cast
I’m living in the long-gone past.
[Verse 2]
I hear your voice in passing cars,
Your coat still hangs behind the door.
I count the years by who I’ve lost,
Time took more than it gave back.
[Pre-Chorus]
I thought I’d have a little more
Than echoes on an empty floor,
But life don’t bargain, life don’t wait.
[Chorus]
There’s nothing left but memories,
Faded photographs of me,
Laughter trapped in yesterday,
Like songs I still know how to play.
The rivers keep flowing, the future is cast
I’m living in the long-gone past.
[Bridge]
If this is all I get to keep—
The love, the loss, the promises—
Let me hold them while I can
Before I fade into the past.
[Final Chorus]
There’s nothing left but memories,
But maybe that’s what’s left of me.
Every scar and victory,
Every moment that was free.
When the lights go down at last,
I’ll walk back through my yesterdays
One final time, peacefully.
(ooooo, aaaa, haaa, mmmmm)
[Outro]
When my name’s just carved in stone
And I’m finally going home,
If I’m remembered tenderly,
Then I was more than memory