Fading

Verse 1

Three a.m. and the lamp burns low

My hands feel thin

Like paper left out in the rain

The room hums soft and dim

I count my breaths like coins

One more

One more

Pre-Chorus

The doctor spoke in gentle tones

Said rest is what you need

But rest won't hold me anymore

Won't slow the way I bleed

Chorus

I'm fading

Fading to the quiet

Fading

Where the notes go thin

Fading

Tell my sister not to cry

I'm fading

Let the last chord ring

Verse 2

I kept a list of things I loved

Your laugh

The way the kettle sang

The smell of rain on summer dust

The piano's wooden frame

I'm not afraid

Just tired

Just tired

Pre-Chorus

So play me something slow and kind

The kind you used to know

Let the bass walk me out the door

Let the cymbals go

Chorus

I'm fading

Fading to the quiet

Fading

Where the notes go thin

Fading

Tell my brother not to cry

I'm fading

Let the last chord ring

Bridge

Softly

Softly

Everything gets softly

Low

Low

Everything gets low

Mm

Mm-hmm

Mm

Chorus

I'm fading

Fading to the quiet

Fading

Where the notes go thin

Fading

Tell my mother not to cry

I'm fading

Let the last chord ring

Post-Chorus

Mm

Let it ring

Mm

Let it ring

Mm

Let it ring

Mm