Fade Away, Southern

[Verse] In the twilight of my years Looking back with teary eyes Regret lays heavy in my heart The weight I can't deny All the love I pushed away The chances I let slip Now I'm left here on my own Drowning in what could have been [Verse 2] Lost love's haunting memories A ghost that won't let go Her laughter echoes through my mind Her touch I used to know I let her slip through my fingers I let my pride get in the way Now I long for her sweet embrace But she's forever gone away [Chorus] Fade away Like a whisper in the wind (whisper in the wind) Life wasted Dreams unfulfilled My heartache never ends (never ends) Oh The pain of missed opportunities The sorrow that I feel Fade away Fade away This is my final appeal (ooh-yeah) [Verse 3] In quiet nights, I see their faces, Those I hurt and those I loved. My heart's a gallery of traces, Of all I've dreamt, yet never moved. The road not taken, the words unsaid, A symphony of silent regrets. In the echo of my choices, Lies a life of silent debts. [Bridge] Time's a river that keeps flowing, But I'm stranded on the shore, Watching as my life keeps going, Yet, I can't swim anymore. The current of remorse is strong, Pulling under what remains, In the ebb and flow of time, Only sorrow and pain sustain. [Instrumental [Outro, Spoken word] As the final chapter closes, in the book of my days, Whispers of the past, like autumn's hazy maze. In the silence of my twilight, under the fading sky, I send a wish, a quiet goodbye.