What Fades, Makes Me Stay

It fades away, this night is fading  
Your voice dissolves like the tide’s breaking  
The warmth that lingered on my hand  
Now slips away like drifting sand
I walk the streets we used to roam  
But now I always walk alone  
Each step I take, you're further gone  
Still I pretend I'm moving on
It fades, all the traces left of you  
It fades, even memories lose their hue  
It fades, even tears have dried today  
But still, I live. Somehow, I stay  
(Yeah, I stay, I stay...)
It fades, the scent of your perfume  
Still haunts me when I walk through our room  
That old café, the window seat  
Feels cold without you next to me
The way you laughed, the way you'd stare  
I hear it sometimes in the air  
But reaching out just feels like glass  
I touch and miss what used to last
It fades, all the colors turn to gray  
It fades, all the dreams drift far away  
It fades, even pain begins to stray  
But still, I breathe. Somehow, I stay  
(Still I stay, I stay...)

And maybe someday I’ll recall  
Your name without a tear at all  
Maybe I’ll learn to let you go  
When I no longer feel this low
But not tonight, not just yet  
I light a song, I smoke regret  
I’m holding on,  to your face  
But to the space you used to take
It fades, but I’m still chasing light  
It fades, but I’m still holding tight  
It fades, but I won’t run away  
This is my pain — and I will stay  
(I stay, I stay...)
What fades... makes me stay  
What fades... won’t take me away  
What fades... makes me stay  
I’m still here  
I stay.