There's a ghost, rummaging through the wreckage in my mind.
She whispers, "Sorry I'm not around. This love’s long gone".
There's a girl, promising her love to another man, a friend,
You'd think after all these years you would get out of…
My head and my heart are worlds apart, and miles from where you are.
All I wanted was to be your man,
the faceless love you were thinking of
when you told me that you needed time,
did you consider at all what it would do to...
My head and my heart are worlds apart, and miles from where you are.
The fragments of a vase, flower pedals, crimson rose.
Words left unsaid, vows never read,
gone is the love of two devoted friends.
I still hear your whispered song, awakening these reoccurring thoughts.
I'm at a loss, I need you here.
You’ve left me with this broken heart
that sings of when you were here.
I’m at a loss, I need you here.
You’ve gone away to heaven now,
I wish you still were near.
I've never felt so pure, I've never felt so sure that I don't love you anymore.
credits
from More Than Skies,
released March 24, 2015
Adam James - Vox, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Percussion
Emily Lazio - Bg Vox
Dylan Ebrahimian - Violin
Jiliane Russo - Cello
Philip Corso - Drums
Recorded by Adam James.
Mixed by Bradley Francis Cordaro.
Mastered by Dan Coutant.
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