Fading Footsteps

[Verse 1]
The creek still flows
Though it don't run deep
Whispers the names I tried to keep
Underneath that old pine
Where shadows crawl
I hear your laughter
Though you're gone
That's all

[Chorus]
Fading footsteps
Where'd you go?
Echoes linger
Soft and low
The fire's cold
But the embers glow
Fading footsteps
Where'd you go?

[Verse 2]
A coat on the hook
It still hangs there
The smell of tobacco
The weight of air
Cards on the table
Hands unplayed
The past sits heavy in the debts we paid

[Prechorus]
Tell me now
Did you find the light?
Or just the quiet of the endless night?

[Chorus]
Fading footsteps
Where'd you go?
Echoes linger
Soft and low
The fire's cold
But the embers glow
Fading footsteps
Where'd you go?

[Bridge]
Harmonica cries
And the strings bend low
Tears drip down where the wildflowers grow
The wind hums hymns through the valley wide
But it can't bring back the ones who died