The ghost of you is everywhere
I imagine you walking in the room
I smell your scent by the stairs
I can hear your gravelly laughter boom
Every time I speak aloud
it echoes all around
you're not here I am alone
no one else to be found
This place is like a graveyard
a lonely tomb long after dark
where I sit with our memories
as my emotions begin to spark
A whimper crawls up my throat
all I can do is stupidly stare
to hold my body still
Oh how I wish you were here!
You could make me safe and warm
sheltering heart and kindly song
so strong against these storms
but this time you are gone
The ghost of you is everywhere
I might just tear this house apart
which seems sensible and useless
to heal the hole inside my heart
Wait a minute, I've heard a sound
so my voice cries into the void
laying bare all this tight betrayal
as very loudly I am paranoid
Hold on, a key slides in the lock
my anguish is stilled but brief
but then I am angry to be disturbed
in the middle of all my grief
Quickly I run to the door
but my hurt explodes to purest joy
I jump right into your arms
as you exclaim, "Who's a good boy!"