Fading dreams of love

Verse 1:
She stood at my door like nothing had changed,
A ghost from a time I thought I had tamed.
Soft eyes, a smile, a whisper so light,
"How is your cat? Can I stay for the night?"
Chorus:
Why do they linger, why won't they fade?
Shadows of love that time couldn’t erase.
Is it a blessing or is it a curse?
To still feel their warmth, to still know their hurt?
Verse 2:
Valerie’s laughter, Mary’s soft hands,
Their echoes still haunt me, they slip through the sands.
Did she ever heal? Does she still cry?
Or am I a ghost in the back of her mind?
Chorus:
Why do they linger, why won't they fade?
Shadows of love that time couldn’t erase.
Is it a blessing or is it a curse?
To still feel their warmth, to still know their hurt?
Bridge:
I tell myself, "move on, let go,"
But dreams don’t listen, they steal what I know.
I wake up grasping at memories past,
Wondering why they still seem to last.
Outro:
So let them stay, if they must remain,
Carved into my heart, woven in pain.
The past is a whisper, the future unknown,
But I’ll keep walking, even alone.