Essence of You (Serenade Edition)

Verse 1

Silence in the morning where your laughter used to play

The pillow next to mine remembers every yesterday

Your sweater draped across my chair holds your fragrance tight

Shadows shape your outline in the low and faded light

Pre-Chorus

Time slips and folds back to when I held you close

In every waking moment, it’s your memory I chose

Teleport between your fingers and the empty space

Searching for your echoes in familiar places

Chorus

When you’re not here, I breathe in empty air

Your scent stays with me, floating everywhere

Ghost of you, soft in the cotton of my shirt

Essence of you, in every little hurt

Post-Chorus

With you, with you, with you

Every step, with you

With you, with you, with you

Every step, with you

Verse 2

I fold my side, but nothing’s moved from yours

Half the wardrobe waits, velvet hung ignored

I teleport, tossing between night and day

Blink and I’m beside you, fade and you slip away

Pre-Chorus

To know your name is a journey that never ends

A lifetime, rivers curling around each bend

They say you never step in the same stream twice

But with you, every ripple feels like paradise

Chorus

When you’re not here, I breathe in empty air

Your scent stays with me, floating everywhere

Ghost of you, soft in the cotton of my shirt

Essence of you, in every little hurt

Post-Chorus

With you, with you, with you

Every step, with you

With you, with you, with you

Every step, with you I teleport, tossing between night and day

Blink and I’m beside you, fade and you slip away

Pre-Chorus

To know your name is a journey that never ends

A lifetime, rivers curling around each bend

They say you never step in the same stream twice

But with you, every ripple feels like paradise

Chorus

When you’re not here, I breathe in empty air

Your scent stays with me, floating everywhere

Ghost of you, soft in the cotton of my shirt

Essence of you, in every little hurt

Post-Chorus

With you, with you, with you

Every step, every step

With you, with you, with you

Every step, every step

Bridge

Restless in the quiet, pulling covers to my chest

Sometimes I talk to the side you never left

On nights I wander rivers running through my mind

I roam a thousand water ways, hoping I’ll find

Chorus

When you’re not here, I breathe in empty air

Your scent stays with me, floating everywhere

Ghost of you, soft in the cotton of my shirt

Essence of you, in every little hurt

Post-Chorus

With you, with you, with you

Every step, every step

With you, with you, with you

Every step, every step