Ghost In The Wind

There is a stillness in the air that calls

stirring more than just the wind

That picture still hangs on the wall

like a chill just beneath my skin

It's a different kind of heartbreak

mourning a life we never lived

A never ending kind of ache

another ghost lost to the wind

And my heart recalls the dreams we shared

but they never came to be

The losses left me unprepared

remembering life has no guarantees

It's as if the plans we made

made no difference at all

Seems forever's permanently delayed

as the breeze sings it's last call

There is a sadness on my empty walls

of what I thought my life would be

A collage of photos down the hall

the dreams we made of you and me

But they were promises we never kept

and sacred vows we never made

I hope to find true love again, except

I think my soulmate died in ninety eight

It's as if the plans that we had made

made no difference at all

Seems forever is permanently delayed

as the breeze sings it's last call

Time is hungry and it will eat you alive

life serves you up as it's last meal

Hard to find a reason to survive

when you swallow what you feel

Facing a ghost with knuckles of white

searchin' the past to ease my mind

Leaving love I never knew behind

a dreamers dream and flawed design

Grieving a love that never arrived

because the roots refused to cling

Claw marks mark a love that's died

the breeze plays along, as last call sings

And there are flowers on the table

turning brown as leaves fall down

You know I'd give more if I was able

a lighted window of a ghost town

And I drift off in the moment

clinging to chemistry and what ifs

Life, love and death are fierce opponents

chasing what I know, never existed

And last call stings like that cheap whiskey

spinning your head and heart around

Chasing a fantasy is risky

you learn to live a lie so long

Grieving a love that's been denied

because you never meant a thing

Claw marks mark a love that's died

the breeze plays along, as last call sings

And it sings of a goodbye

a melody that you've tuned out

A shattered peace in mid July

as all the fireworks burn out

The broken hearts of last call

with no clue it's all but done

A tattered, beaten ragdoll

at the wrong end of a gun

It sings of goodbye

and farewells

The last time

they played church bells

When the poets

met the dreamers

Trying to forgive

their misdemeanors

But it's too late

it's over

The last mistakes

of friend and lovers

Never to be seen again

last calls for those ghosts in the wind

So, can you see them?

drifting away like candied clouds

Finding their freedom

singing their praises right out loud

The ghosts or angels

making their way into the night

Discarding labels

dancing like starlight in the sky

Declaring last call

cause finales wait for nobody

Their making last calls

and we respond emotionally

We dread those last calls

signaling and end to what we know

You've heard those last calls

you can't stay here, you have to go

There is a stillness in the air that calls

stirring more than just the wind

That picture hangs upon the wall

like the chill hiding beneath my skin

It's a different kind of heartbreak

mourning a life we never lived

A never ending kind of ache

another ghost lost to the wind