Between the ring and the memory

You walked away on a quiet afternoon
Left me with a heart feeling empty and marooned
You said the world was way too big for our small love
And I spent my nights counting stars, hiding my pain above
But time did its work, healing slow and deep
Turning all my scars into promises I keep
I found someone who took my hand, no questions asked
Now I have a family, a reason for the path I've tasked

A home full of laughter, an embrace to come back to
A wife who adores me, and kids to teach what's true
But fate wrote a story that I never could foresee
When you walked back in, my whole world started to shake for me

Between the ring and the memory, who is gonna win?
If I love who's by my side, why do I let the ghost back in?
My heart screams out your name, while my reason says: Let go
Between the ring and the memory, who is gonna win?
Between the ring and the memory, who is gonna win?
If I love who's by my side, why does the past still sting?
My heart calls out for you, while I try to hold what's real
Between the ring and the memory, I'm broken on this wheel

Your smile still lingers where the clocks don't dare to go
One look in your eyes, and the past began to flow
A second was enough to bring my walls down to the floor
But home is where the love lives, right behind my door
There are toys on the rug, there are photos on the wall
There are promises we made, standing strong and standing tall
How do I explain this pain to my own kin?
That sometimes life tests the truest love we're living in

You showed up too late, or too soon to forget
Fate played a game, placed you right there, a heavy bet
If I follow my heart, I might lose all that saved me
If I stay with my family, will I bury what you gave me?

Between the ring and the memory, who is gonna win?
If I love who's by my side, why do I let the ghost back in?
My heart screams out your name, while my reason says: Let go
Between the ring and the memory, who is gonna win?