Ætherwing - Left Behind Lyrics

The dust has settled but the pain remains
Faces I knew now just whispers in the rain
I wonder why I'm the one still here
Holding onto memories every smile every tear

In the silence I can feel the weight
Why am I the one that escaped their fate?
A burden heavy a price too high
Wishing I could have said goodbye

Left behind with the guilt in my chest
Why wasn't it me laid to rest?
No hand to hold no way to save
Just shadows standing by their graves
Every breath is a weight I can't deny
Bound by the question of why not I

We shared the fight stood side by side
Now it's just me lost in this divide
The moments flash but they can't be reached
Trapped in a sorrow that can't be breached

In the shadows your voices call
I feel your presence though I watched you fall
Just how long will these nightmares remain
Wishing I could stop this endless pain

Left behind with the guilt in my chest
Why wasn't it me laid to rest?
No hand to hold no way to save
Just shadows standing by their graves
Every breath is a weight I can't deny
Bound by the question of why not I

I search the sky for reasons why
But all I find are tears that dry
No grand design just endless night
Lost in a sorrow no end in sight

Left behind with the guilt in my chest
Why wasn't it me laid to rest?
No hand to hold no way to save
Just shadows standing by their graves
Every breath is a weight I can't deny
Bound by the question of why not I

The echoes fade but they never cease
I'm left to mourn and search for peace
In the silence their memories stay
Haunting me through another day