Half Burned Incense

[Verse 1] Thin incense stick leans quiet in the holder’s groove Ash falling soft from the love we couldn’t prove Half of it burned from the night that we prayed Smoke still rising where the silence stayed I light it again but the flame won’t stay strong Fading too quickly like the words in our song The scent is familiar yet somehow less true A lingering ghost of the moments we knew [Pre-Chorus] One spark says closer, the other says fade Both rising slowly in the space that we made [Chorus] Burn with me slow in this half-burned incense stick Let the smoke remind me of the nights that we picked I’m rising and falling, I’m present and gone A temporary fragrance that still lingers on Light me again till the stick turns to ash Turn all my silence into something that lasts This incense remembers every prayer that we shared Now it only burns for the half of me still cared [Verse 2] Ashtray collects the remains of the night Gray powder settling like the end of the fight One half of me wants to let it burn out The other half watches as the smoke winds about The holder is warm from the heat of the flame Like the way you once held what we couldn’t name I close my eyes gently and breathe in the air Still hoping the scent will bring you back here [Chorus] Burn with me slow in this half-burned incense stick Let the smoke remind me of the nights that we picked I’m rising and falling, I’m present and gone A temporary fragrance that still lingers on Light me again till the stick turns to ash Turn all my silence into something that lasts This incense remembers every prayer that we shared Now it only burns for the half of me still cared