(Intro) (The song opens with a deep, melodic Saxophone riff that feels like a conversation. A slow, heavy drum beat kicks in with a thick bassline.) Background Singers: (Ooh, let it breathe... let it soul...) Yo yo YoMar ~ (Verse 1) Midnight creeping through the blinds in the hall Shadows dancing, painting ghosts on the wall I’ve been sitting with the silence of the phone In a house that feels a little too much like a home Without your keys rattling at the front door Without your footsteps crossing the floor. (Pre-Chorus) Lead: I can still smell the smoke of your favorite tea Background Singers: (Favorite tea, yeah) Lead: And the way you used to look when you looked at me Background Singers: (Looked at me... so deep) Lead: Now it’s just the brass singing in the key of "used to be." (Chorus) Lead: Let the Saxophone cry out what I can't say For the words I lost along the way Background Singers: (Don't walk away... don't walk away) Lead: It’s a velvet rhythm, a soulful design Trying to forget that you were ever mine Lead & Background Singers: Sweet soul, drifting in the dark Searching for the wood to find a dying spark. (Instrumental Break - Saxophone Solo) (The beat stays steady and hypnotic. The Saxophone takes a 20-second solo, starting low and breathy, then climbing into a soulful, soaring high note that carries the emotion of the lyrics. The Background Singers provide lush, wordless harmonies underneath.) (Verse 2) They say time is a healer, a remedy for the heart But every tick of the clock is pulling me apart I’m leaning back, letting the melody take hold Watching the silver in the moon turn to gold If the music is a bridge, then I’m halfway across Trying to find the gain in all of this loss. (Bridge) Background Singers: (Don’t let the music stop... no...) Lead: It’s a bitter kind of sweet (So sweet) Lead: Walking down a one-way street (My street) Lead: (High falsetto ad-lib) Can you hear the brass blowing for your love? (Chorus) Lead: Let the Saxophone cry out what I can't say For the words I lost along the way Background Singers: (Don't walk away... don't walk away) Lead: It’s a velvet rhythm, a soulful design Trying to forget that you were ever mine Lead & Background Singers: Sweet soul, drifting in the dark Searching for the wood to find a dying spark. (Outro) (The drums and piano fade out, leaving only the bass and the Saxophone.) Lead: Just the horn and the heartbeat. Background Singers: (Just the heartbeat... stay...) Lead: Let it play... just let it play. (The Saxophone plays one final, long, breathy note that slowly dissolves into silence.)
