Black Shirt

Why did you give me your black shirt to sleep in?
Was it shelter, or just a passing kindness?
The fabric held the perfume of your skin
But by morning, nothing was left behind us

Why did you look at me as if it was forever
If with closed eyes, I vanished from your heaven?

Why did you hold me if you planned to release me?
Why did you kiss me if you'd never keep me?
The fabric held the perfume of your skin
But by morning, nothing was left behind us
Why did you look at me as if it was forever
If with closed eyes, I vanished from your heaven?

Why did you hold me if you planned to release me?
Why did you kiss me if you'd never keep me?

The shirt still lingers against my skin
But your voice won't return again

I'm drowning in folds of shadow and silence
Like a ghost that never awakens

Your indifference cuts colder than winter
And I'm left speaking to echoes that wither

Why did you swear the night beneath the Moon
If by the dawn you left me in the gloom?

Why did you swear the night beneath the Moon
If by the dawn you left me in the gloom?

Why did you hold me if you planned to release me?
Why did you kiss me if you'd never keep me?
Your black shirt still haunts my chest
But my soul can't find its rest