A Radio Playing in an Empty Room

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Boarded up the windows on the old Route 45
The diner where we swore our love would always stay alive
The paint is peelin' off the sign, the chrome is turned to rust
And my memory of your face is slowly turnin' into dust
I'm standin' in the silence, where the jukebox used to play
Tryin' to remember what you said to me that day.

[Chorus]
And I'm tryin' to tune you in again, but the signal's weak and low
Just a ghost of a melody from a song we used to know
It's like a radio playing in an empty room
A beautiful, sad echo, cuttin' through the gloom
Fadin' in and out of focus, then you're gone again too soon
Underneath a broken, half-forgotten moon.

[Verse 2]
Was your dress a shade of crimson? Or was it midnight blue?
Did you say you'd love me always? Or was it just "I love you"?
The details swim like shadows, in this hazy, late-night bar
And the truth gets a little further with every passing car
I can almost feel your hand in mine, I can almost taste the rain
But the station's changin' on me, and it's drivin' me insane.

[Chorus]
And I'm tryin' to tune you in again, but the signal's weak and low
Just a ghost of a melody from a song we used to know
It's like a radio playing in an empty room
A beautiful, sad echo, cuttin' through the gloom
Fadin' in and out of focus, then you're gone again too soon
Underneath a broken, half-forgotten moon.

[Bridge]
They say that time's a healer, but I think that it's a thief
It steals away the little things and just leaves you with the grief
And the worst part of the losing ain't the lonely nights I've known
It's forgetting all the reasons I can't leave your ghost alone.

[Saxophone Solo]

[Outro]
Just a radio... in an empty room...
Can barely make you out...
Just static now...
Static...
And the tune... is gone.