The Ghost of Yesterday - A Song About Letting Go

Описание: "The Ghost of Yesterday" is a song about the person we become after a great loss. It starts with the struggle of looking in the mirror and seeing a stranger—someone playing to an "audience of two" when only one remains.

However, this isn't just a story about the "tide rushing in" with grief; it's about the decision to keep walking through the rain. It explores the idea that even when physical traces fade—like a scent on a shirt—the love remains as a promise to keep going. The song ends on a note of acceptance, looking forward to a "new sun" and a hopeful journey ahead.

I hope this track resonates with anyone who is learning to make friends with their memories while moving toward tomorrow.

Lyrics:

(Verse 1)
The mirror shows a stranger's hollow face
A phantom reaching from a different time
I try to touch it, leave this empty space
But my own hand doesn't feel like it is mine
All the reasons that I held so true
Bleached to white the day I lost the sight of you
And who will share the silence when the day is through?
I'm playing for an audience of two, but it's just one.

(Chorus)
And every time the tide comes rushing in
It knocks upon a door I've locked away
To all the memories of where we've been
The ghost of yesterday
But I'll keep walking through the driving rain
Crying out for purpose in the pain
Though loneliness is a familiar sting
I still believe in what the morning brings

(Verse 2)
It's funny, all these feelings, sharp and deep
A body built of fear that wants to fall
But you taught me these were promises to keep
A sign of being alive through it all
A day will come when I can't find your scent
In the favorite shirt you left behind
And I will have to learn to be content
With just the fading pictures in my mind

(Chorus)
And every time the tide comes rushing in
It knocks upon a door I've locked away
To all the memories of where we've been
The ghost of yesterday
But I'll keep walking through the driving rain
Crying out for purpose in the pain
Though loneliness is a familiar sting
I still believe in what the morning brings

(Bridge)
I call your name into the endless grey
And only hear the echo disappear
There were a thousand things I meant to say
It was a light so bright, it fed my fear
But I will hold it, I'll embrace it all
The love, the hurt, the silence, and the tears
And maybe I'll be strong enough to stand up tall
And face the quiet turning of the years

(Outro)
And if we meet again when this is done
Beneath a sky of colors I don't know
Don't tell me that I was the only one
Who had to learn which way the river flows
Just look at me, and I will understand
The words we never needed to be said
With a new sun warming up my hand
And a long and hopeful journey still ahead.

Lyrics: Marko

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