Curtain Call For My Heart

Sweeping Broadway ballad with full orchestra and male vocals; quiet piano and strings in the verse, woodwinds and harp filigree, Chorus swells with brass, timpani rolls, and a soaring vocal line; big dynamic push into a belting climax, then a fragile, string-only outro, Roomy theater reverb, spotlight on the voice, broadway

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[Verse 1] The flowers on the table Still wear your favorite shade Your coat hangs in the hallway Like it’s waiting to be claimed I talk into the doorway As if your ghost will answer back Our picture on the mantle Is the scene I can’t retract [Pre-Chorus] I bow to the silence Like it’s thunderous applause Every empty seat around me Knows exactly what I’ve lost [Chorus] This is the curtain call for my heart Take a bow Watch it fall apart You wrote your name across my soul Then walked right off the stage Now every note I try to sing Turns into your goodbye again Bravo My love You played your part In the curtain call for my heart [Verse 2] Your coffee cup is waiting With a ring of yesterday The bed is split diagonally Your imprint doesn’t fade The neighbors close their windows When I rise into that high refrain They hear a man still begging For an encore that never came [Pre-Chorus] I dance with the shadows In this spotlight of regret Every shattered promise Is the line I can’t forget [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] If I had one more measure Just a moment Just a breath I’d rewrite the final monologue And pull you from the edge [crescendo] But the orchestra is fading And the red seats start to blur I’m singing to the darkness now Pretending you still hear these words [Chorus]

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