The candles flicker, but there's no light
Not a soul in sight, not a name to write
All these echoes in the empty room
Feel like a party that ended too soon
Presents left unopened, cards unsent
A day like any other, just time well spent
In the quiet corners of my mind
Where no one came, no one tried to find
I'm blowing out wishes, but the flame never fades
Another year, another mask I've made
Tell me, am I invisible, or just misplaced?
Everyone's vanished, no words to trace
I'm the ghost in the crowd, but the crowd never shows
Left standing alone where the love should grow
On days that should matter, when I'm supposed to shine
But the stars burn out, and they're never mine
Every time I get older, it feels colder still
Like I'm climbing a mountain but it's never a hill
Unwrapped silence, no one's near
It's just me and this endless year
Photographs of memories that were never made
Calls unanswered, voices that never stayed
I wait for someone to break the spell
But no one's knocking on this door to hell
It's a twisted game I play alone
Pretending not to care when the lights don't glow
But inside I'm shattered, falling apart
When did I become so easy to discard?
I'm blowing out wishes, but the flame never fades
Another year, another dream that decays
Am I that forgettable, that easy to leave?
The silence is louder than I can believe
I'm the ghost in the crowd, but the crowd never shows
Left standing alone where the love should grow
On days that should matter, when I'm supposed to shine
But the stars burn out, and they're never mine
Every time I get older, it feels colder still
Like I'm climbing a mountain but it's never a hill
Unwrapped silence, no one's near
It's just me and this endless year
And I scream into the void, but it swallows the sound
Every word I say falls to the ground
In a world so full, how can I feel so lost?
I count all the people I've loved and lost
Do they even think of me? Do they even care?
Or am I just a name in a book they don't dare
To open, to read, to remember at all?
I guess this birthday's my curtain call
I'm the ghost in the crowd, but the crowd never shows
Left standing alone where the love should grow
On days that should matter, when I'm supposed to shine
But the stars burn out, and they're never mine
Every time I get older, it feels colder still
Like I'm climbing a mountain but it's never a hill
Unwrapped silence, no one's near
It's just me and this endless year
The cake's gone cold, the candles die
Still no one's here to say goodbye
To the boy who once believed in the cheer
Now all that's left is this endless year.