Lost & Found

조이태화

 

Touched it once, then it was gone

Time never lingers long

Used to move from hand to hand

Now it waits, not knowing when

 

Somewhere now, someone might say

A name that slowly fades away

A folded note, a quiet sigh

An old umbrella left behind

Dust that dances in the light

 

So I light a little flame

Just in case someone might come back

through that door tonight

And I stand within the quiet room

With a glow that’s reaching out for you

 

Through the glass, the evening falls

Time grows quiet on the walls

What was once held warm and tight

Now just pieces lost to night

 

Somewhere now, someone might forget

The name they whispered once, and yet

A single glove, a worn-out key

A leather strap with memory

Dust that covers carefully

 

So I light a little flame

Just in case someone might come back

through that door tonight

And I stand within the quiet room

With a glow that’s reaching out for you

 

Some return to where they were

Some just fade, and never stir

Some return to where they were

Some just fade, and never stir

 

So I light a little flame

Just in case someone might come back

through that door tonight

And I stand within the quiet room

With a glow that’s reaching out for you

 

So I light a little flame

Just in case someone might come back

through that door tonight

And I stand within the quiet room alone

With a glow that’s reaching out for you