Ghost in the Hallway

Fingertips trace the glass

Where raindrops race and blur

Your name forms in the mist

Then fades before I speak

Streetlights paint the floor

In stripes of amber gold

I count the hours since your shadow left this door

You're the ghost in the hallway

The pause before the phone rings

The coffee cup I keep warm

For someone who won't come home

You're the almost and the after

word I never threw

Now the silence wears your shade

And I don't know what to do

Found your hairpins today

Beneath the dresser drawers

Still smells like jasmine rain

From summers we outgrew

Clock hands crawl so slow

Through rooms that hold their breath

I rearrange the pillows

To hide the dance you left

You're the ghost in the hallway

The pause before the phone rings

Coffee cup I keep warm

For someone who won't come home

You're the almost and the after

The word I never threw

Now the silence wears your shade

And I don't know what to do

If I could rewind the end just one more time

Would you stay or would you still

Like sugar in the rain

You're the ghost in the hallway

The pause before the phone rings

The call I could but keep warm

For someone who won't come home

You're the almost and the after

The word I never threw

Now the silent plays your shit

And I still don't know what to do