[Intro – Female, intimate] Don't say goodbye. Not yet. Let morning be the one that tells the truth. [Verse 1] Your suitcase waits beside the door Like something neither wants to see Your coffee cup is in the sink Your shadow's still attached to me We haven't said the words out loud But silence said them hours ago Tomorrow you'll become a memory Tonight I don't want to know [Pre-Chorus] So turn the photographs around Pull every curtain closed We have one night before forever Becomes somebody we once knew [Chorus] Tell me the last beautiful lie Tell me you'll love me Until the stars die Hold me like morning Will never arrive Give me forever For one final night Don't tell me we're broken Don't tell me goodbye Just give me The last beautiful lie [Verse 2] Leave your clothes beside my bed Leave your perfume on my skin Kiss me like we're seventeen And nothing bad has happened yet We'll dance barefoot through the kitchen To that song we used to know And when you laugh I'll memorize it For the years after you go [Pre-Chorus] Don't promise me December Don't swear you'll call someday Tonight I only need you To pretend you're going to stay [Chorus] Tell me the last beautiful lie Tell me you'll love me Until the stars die Hold me like morning Will never arrive Give me forever For one final night Don't tell me we're broken Don't tell me goodbye Just give me The last beautiful lie [Instrumental Rise] [Bridge – Female, almost whispered] At 4:13 you fell asleep against my chest I stayed awake. Listening. One breath. Then another. Trying to remember what home sounded like. [Orchestra enters] I wanted to wake you. I wanted to say we could try again. But loving someone doesn't always mean you should make them stay. [Heavy guitars enter] So I kissed your forehead and whispered the only lie I had left. [Whisper] We'll be okay. [Breakdown] WE'LL BE OKAY! Even if you're gone! Even if it hurts! Even if tomorrow tears our universe apart! WE'LL BE OKAY! Maybe not tonight! Maybe not for years! But I won't turn what we once were into something I should fear! [Final Chorus – Full Orchestra + Choir] TELL ME THE LAST BEAUTIFUL LIE! TELL ME YOU'LL LOVE ME UNTIL THE STARS DIE! HOLD ME LIKE MORNING WILL NEVER ARRIVE! GIVE ME FOREVER FOR ONE FINAL NIGHT! AND WHEN THE SUN FINDS US I WON'T ASK YOU WHY I'll let you go with one last beautiful lie! [Choir] One last night... One last life... One last beautiful lie... [Outro – Piano] [Female] The sunlight touched your suitcase. You opened the door. And this time... I didn't ask you to stay.
