The Quietest Shadow(style 1)

Verse 1

The coffee is brewing but the kitchen is cold

The world outside is waking up stubborn and bold

The calendar says fifteen but it reads like a lie

It feels like a movie I can't stop rewinding

The clock on the stove just blinks in the gray

As the first light of morning steals you away

Pre-Chorus

Between six and seven the sun started to rise

While the quietest shadow fell over your eyes

Chorus

Oh Mama the morning came entirely too fast

We tried to hold the sunrise to make the dawn last

Between six and seven the world cracked in two

And we're left in the daylight just looking for you

Verse 2

We look at each other your children your blood

Trying to stand through the weight of the flood

The house still wears the warmth of your breath

But the silence that lingers is heavier than death

So how does the world keep on spinning around

When the anchor we leaned on is no longer found

Pre-Chorus

Between six and seven we held onto your hands

Learning the hardest way how to make our last stand

Chorus

Oh Mama the morning came entirely too fast

We tried to hold the sunrise to make the dawn last

Between six and seven the world cracked in two

And we're left in the daylight just looking for you

Bridge

It was just one short hour a lifetime ago

A threshold you crossed where we couldn't go

We whispered we loved you we told you to rest

As the last gentle rise left your beautiful chest

Now the phone starts to ring and the day has begun

But our world ended under this September sun

Chorus

Six to seven AM the world didn't pause

It didn't pay notice to the heartbreak it caused

But we will remember the peace on your face

Goodbye precious Mama rest in your grace

Outro

It's September fifteen

And we miss you already

It's September fifteen

And we miss you already

Verse 3

The world was still asleep while ours was ending

The early autumn chill was just descending

The calendar reads September fifteenth today

But the numbers don't matter they just fade away

We sat by your side in the pale morning glow

Holding the hands we weren't ready to let go

Verse 4

The clock hit six the sky began to turn

We watched the horizon start to softly burn

An hour went by though it felt like a flash

The foundation we stood on crumbled to ash

By seven AM the room grew so still

A void opened up that nothing can fill

Chorus

And oh the sun had the nerve to keep rising

The morning kept on compromising

While we watched our universe slip from the room

Leaving us frozen in September's gloom

How does a day dare to start this way

When the heart of our home has just drifted away

Verse 5

We're standing in circles not knowing what's next

Staring at old photos reading old texts

Your presence is everywhere still in the air

But we look at your pillow and you are not there

We have to be strong that's what you would say

But we don't know how to survive today

Chorus

And oh the sun had the nerve to keep rising

The morning kept on compromising

While we watched our universe slip from the room

Leaving us frozen in September's gloom

How does a day dare to start this way

When the heart of our home has just drifted away

Bridge

Six to seven the shift in the light

The end of the battle the end of the fight

You fought for so long now your spirit is free

But we're left behind in the cold poetry

Of a Tuesday morning that we'll always hate

The moment that heaven unlocked its gold gate

Verse 6

The traffic is humming out on the street

People are walking on indifferent feet

But here in this house the time has stood still

We love you sweet Mama and we always will

Six to seven AM September fifteen

The heaviest morning we have ever seen

Outro

The heaviest morning

The heaviest morning

We love you sweet Mama

And we always will

We always will

We always will