Ghosts in Gold (Version 2)

Verse 1

Grandmother's beads are scattered on the floor

Sunday light through the lace that used to roar

Candle wax is dripping down her old wooden frame

I keep remembering where love was written in the flame

She'd say, 'Listen close and you'll hear the past','Not just the drums but every breath that lasts','Every time we lit this altar bright

It kept our names together through the dark of night

Pre-Chorus

So I hold the space where fire used to be

And I let my heartbeat guide me back to thee

Can you feel it too? This warmth in your chest

Is it just a memory or is it truly blessed?

Chorus

Ghosts in gold, they're still with me

Burning softly like an ember sea

I keep the spark that never went away

Ghosts in gold, they light up every day

Verse 2

Uncle Leo taught me how to weave a shawl so fine

Grandfather's pocket watch kept ticking out of time

Ink on parchment told stories we'll never know

But these two hands still moving helped our love grow

I fold the collar, iron flat and neat

Every stitch is proof that what they gave won't retreat

Even when their voices left this mortal air

Their hands were always holding me with love to spare

Pre-Chorus

So I hold the space where fire used to be

And I let my heartbeat guide me back to thee

Can you feel it too? This warmth in your chest

Is it just a memory or is it truly blessed?

Chorus

Ghosts in gold, they're still with me

Burning softly like an ember sea

I keep the spark that never went away

Ghosts in gold, they light up every day

Bridge

Maybe love doesn't really die at all

It just becomes a fire burning through the wall

Inside my chest where it was always home

This is what I know and this is not a ghost alone

Chorus

Ghosts in gold, they're still with me

Burning softly like an ember sea

I keep the spark that never went away

Ghosts in gold, they light up every day