Faded Memories

[Verse] Flickering by lamplight A world once in frame Dusty glass holds whispers Of a dim-lit flame Orbit of forgotten In a rocket ship's tale Minutes turning seasons Through a cobalt veil [Verse 2] Pixelated faces Eyes of longing past Stars they once gazed at Memories won’t last Captains of the cosmos In a sepia hue Lost among the data Fractured into truths [Chorus] In a faded photograph Dreams of old collide Mantelpiece of echoes Where the futures hide Holding onto shadows Of a laugh A sigh Time the silent witness As the years pass by [Verse 3] Frame’s edges cracking Stories start to blur Whispers of the photon Powder into spur Mars to graying twilight Footprints left behind Ghosts of our intentions In paper they're confined [Verse 4] On a spaceship’s journey The voyage is untold Life they boldly captured Now lifetimes cold Galaxies of heartbreak Love them they dream'd In the bounded stillness All they left unseen [Chorus] In a faded photograph Dreams of old collide Mantelpiece of echoes Where the futures hide Holding onto shadows Of a laugh A sigh Time the silent witness As the years pass by