Faded Shadows on the Mantel

This is a moody song about a young woman who is contemplating an old photo that she keeps on the mantel in her home. She thinks about the past and how the photo reflects her life. Here are the lyrics. You can hear the song in the video below

Verse
There's a picture on the mantel faded and torn
Eyes gaze back like whispers of a life once worn
Dusty frame holds secrets the years concealed
Echoes in the silence where time's wounds healed

Chorus
Oh faded photo you sing like a ghost
A memory’s shadow of what mattered most
Your colors dissolved yet your stories remain
Dancing in the twilight like a soft refrain

Verse 2
The glass is cracked but the past still stirs
Like echoes of dreams forgotten in blurred slurs
Silent lips sing songs the years have misplaced
The world you captured now has been erased

Bridge
It leans with grace though the years weigh it low
Keeping your secrets as shadows grow
A museum of moments in a world so vast
You remind the present it can’t outlast

Chorus
Oh faded photo you sing like a ghost
A memory’s shadow of what mattered most
Your colors dissolved yet your stories remain
Dancing in the twilight like a soft refrain

Verse 3
Did they smile for the lens or just out of fear
Does the moment they froze still linger near
A thousand words from a single crack in hue
Where truth and time collide in something new

Credits: All content is my own creation using AI. The main picture was created using Plasfy AI, the words and music were created using Suno.