[Intro – Piano & Strings] (soft piano motif, distant strings swell) [Verse 1 – Male, deep & emotional] Time flows like a river through the lands of yesterday Eastward where your beauty left me trembling Westward where we danced on New Year’s Day Time slipped through the words we couldn’t say I remember when you were mine I believed your love would stay But seasons turned without a sign And carried you away [Pre-Chorus – Female, soft & haunting] Every promise fades to gray Every shadow speaks your name I’m still standing in the rain Calling you in vain [Chorus – Duet, building power] (Male) This is the world of broken hearts (Female harmony) Where love begins to fall (Both) This is the world of broken hearts I still hear your call (Female higher line) Through the silence, through the dark (Both full) In this world of broken hearts [Verse 2 – Female lead] Unspoken thoughts remain unheard Lost between the lines we drew Circling roads without an end Still leading back to you A roundabout of memories No finish line in sight We called it fate, we called it love Then watched it fade to night [Pre-Chorus – Both, layered harmony] Every promise fades to gray Every shadow speaks your name We’re still standing in the rain Calling out in vain [Chorus – Full Power, guitars & orchestra] This is the world of broken hearts Where love begins to fall This is the world of broken hearts I still hear your call Through the silence, through the dark We’re torn but not apart In this world of broken hearts [Bridge – Stripped Down / Emotional Break] (Guitars drop out, piano & soft strings only) (Male – almost whispered) If love was written in the stars Why did it fall apart? (Female – fragile) If time could heal the deepest scars Why does it break my heart? (Both softly) We’re holding on to yesterday But yesterday is gone [Final Chorus – Epic, Choir & Double Vocals] This is the world of broken hearts Where dreams are torn apart This is the world of broken hearts Still beating in the dark Through the silence, through the pain Through fire and through rain In this world of broken hearts [Outro – Long Piano Ending] (Guitars and drums fade. Orchestra dissolves.)
