Drift Away
FRAGMENTED · Shadows and Ash: Afterburn · Out now
Watching a relationship slip away like leaves on a river you can't slow down. Frozen by the weight in your chest, you want to give everything but can't make your hands move. A ballad about distance, paralysis and the wish to break the dream.
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Credits
Artist: Fragmented
Album: Shadows and Ash: Afterburn
Album release: 3 July 2026
Label: Fragmented Music
Lyrics
I see your shadow on the wall tonight,
A fading outline in the quiet light.
I reach toward the space you used to fill,
But the weight inside my chest
Keeps my hands perfectly still.
A thousand words I couldn't form,
A thousand steps I left unworn—
All drifting into silence
I never meant to mourn.
I'm watching us drift away,
Like leaves on a river I can't slow down.
I want to give you everything,
But I'm lost inside this half-awake town.
If I could break the dream around me
I'd run to you—
But I'm still learning how to move.
Your laughter lingers like a ghost,
A fragile warmth I miss the most.
The darker thoughts pull at the seams,
Whispering lies inside my head,
Until they drown the sound of what we've been.
I'm watching us drift away,
Like stars fading out of a dawn-lit sky.
I want to chase the pieces back,
But I don't know how to try.
If I could bend the light around us,
I'd pull you close—
But I keep letting go.
My feet are tied to anchors deep,
My thoughts a tide I cannot keep.
I scream inside but no one hears—
Only the echo of my fears,
Only the quiet of your absence
Ringing crystal in my ears.
Maybe love is just a fragile thread
We keep alive with all we've said—
And all the words I buried down
Are the ones that let us drown.
(let us drown… let us drown…)
I'm watching us drift away,
But maybe I can change the tide this time.
If I can learn to breathe again
Through the storms inside my mind—
Maybe I could reach your shadow
And bring it back to me.
Maybe we're not gone…
Just lost between what's meant to be.
