"Afterimage" lyrics

Been a while since I said your name out loud
Funny how the quiet fills the space
I still reach for my phone, an old habit
But I put it down before I trace

I pass the street we used to walk
And feel almost nothing, something faint
Like looking at the sun too long
And seeing shapes that aren't quite there

Not the sharpest thing, not quite addressed
A shape burned somewhere in my chest
I don't reach, I don't ache the way I did
You're just an after image

I'm not sad anymore, at least not the way
Not the way it hollowed out the day
It's softer now, it's quieter, it's small
Like a photo left too long in the hall

The colors fading but the shape remains
Still a song, just nowhere near as loud
I don't search for you in crowded rooms
You just linger at the edges now

Quietly existing, nothing pressed
A shape burned somewhere in my chest
Not the ache, just where the ache once lived
You're just an afterimage

One day even this will go
The outline finally letting go
But I don't mind it staying here
It doesn't hurt, it's just still clear

Not the sharpest thing, not quite addressed
Just a shape still resting in my chest
I don't reach, I don't ache, I don't resist
You're just an afterimage