In the shadow of the cross we stand alone There's a hollow shape left in the corner where the light used to fall A heavy silence echoes through the rooms and bounces off the wall I reach out in the darkness but my fingers only meet the empty air Haunted by the ghost of a presence that is no longer standing there The weight of what is missing pulls the ground from underneath A frontier step is robbed of design And it's getting harder to breathe The clock keeps ticking forward though I'm frozen in the gray of yesterday I have to find the strength to wash the salt and bitter dust away When the world won't stop its turning just because I've lost my steady ground I'll take a step into the light until the peace I need is finally found Memories are anchors pulling me deep into the cold and gray But I must cut the line to find the strength to face another day The life goes on