Sketchbook ⸻ Verse 1 I keep a sketchbook of the things I never said Pencil ghosts pressed softly in the margins of my head Smudged out faces, names I couldn’t keep Every page a promise I was way too scared to speak I drew you once in lines I couldn’t hold Shaky hands made silver out of gold Tried to shade the silence in your eyes— But every time I blinked, you changed your lines ⸻ Pre-Chorus And now the graphite on my fingers won’t come clean I carry every version of what we could’ve been ⸻ Chorus I can’t erase you, can’t erase you— You’re in silver and gold Even heaven couldn’t keep you You slipped right through my hold God, help me, I still want you Like a sin I was told I close the book, I close the book— But you’re written in my soul (echo) Silver and gold… silver and gold… Written in my soul… in my soul… ⸻ Verse 2 You were charcoal on a canvas made of skin Every touch a mark I couldn’t rub out again I tried to trace a future in your hands But you kept slipping through like unheld sand Now I flip through nights I drew in black Every “forever” crossed out, bleeding back And I hate how even now I see Your shadow in the lines of me ⸻ Pre-Chorus I tried to tear the pages out, but they won’t leave Guess some mistakes are just a different kind of memory ⸻ Chorus I can’t erase you, can’t erase you— You’re in silver and gold Even heaven couldn’t keep you You slipped right through my hold God, help me, I still want you Like a sin I was told I close the book, I close the book— But you’re written in my soul (echo) Silver and gold… silver and gold… ⸻ Bridge If I press hard enough, will you disappear? Or just carve yourself deeper in here? Every line I redraw just proves it’s true— I can’t unlearn the shape of you ⸻ Final Chorus I can’t erase you, can’t erase you— You’re in silver and gold Even heaven couldn’t keep you You slipped right through my hold God, help me, I still want you Like a sin I was told I close the book— I close the book— But you’re written in my soul (stacked echo / looping out) Silver and gold… silver and gold… Written in my soul… in my soul… In my soul… in my soul…
