Where the Embers Fade

Intro

Verse 1
I stir the coals and watch them sink down low
One little red still burning in the glow
Your empty chair is pulled up to the cold
But there is no one sitting in it now
I hold my hands out where the heat was warm
And tell myself that you might still come home
I say your name out loud into the dark
The walls just send it back to me the same

Pre-Chorus
The house gets darker as it turns to night
And something quiet keeps on saying it's alright

Chorus
Where do we go when embers fade to grey
It's gone, and life just carries on the same
Was any of it ever real and plain
I'm standing in the ash and I remain

Verse 2
I sit down on the floor beside the stone
I think of every single thing I tried
There are some words I never got to say
I watched you slowly turn and walk away
I told you everything I knew was true
And maybe honest wasn't good for you
I don't want to carry all the blame
You walked out first and left me here the same

Pre-Chorus
The house gets darker as it turns to night
And something quiet keeps on saying it's alright

Chorus
Where do we go when embers fade to grey
It's gone, and life just carries on the same
Was any of it ever real and plain
I'm standing in the ash and I remain

Guitar Solo

Bridge
I said I'd stay and every word was true
I would have given every day to you
Now all that's left inside is just the ache
And I have to learn to wake without you

Chorus
Where do we go when embers fade to grey
It's gone, and life just carries on the same
Was any of it ever real and plain
I'm standing in the ash and I remain

Outro
I look one last time at the grey
And step out in the cold to walk away