Broken Tempo

We were dancing in a world we made Spinning through the light and shade Every heartbeat felt like fate Till the rhythm slipped too late You were moving in a different frame Chasing nights I could not name I kept time while you pulled away You left me stranded in yesterday Every beat I take falls out of time Every step I make drifts far from mine Now the tempo breaks and the night turns cold I can feel the shift where your pulse let go All the notes we shared fall out of the flow We lost the song we used to know In the broken tempo of letting you go I was fire in a crowded street Brass and echo in a fevered heat You were trying just to find your place In the flicker of my changing face I kept slipping through the melody Turning love into a memory Now the cadence of the life we knew Falls apart when I think of you Every beat you take falls out of time Every step you make drifts far from mine Now the tempo breaks and the night turns cold I can feel the shift where your pulse let go All the notes we shared fall out of the flow We lost the song we used to know In the broken tempo of letting you go I chase the rhythm but it fades Counting losses you never stayed I try to steady all this ache But every measure starts to shake Now the tempo breaks and the night turns cold I can feel the shift where your pulse let go All the notes we shared fall out of the flow We lost the song we used to know In the broken tempo of letting you go I hear the silence start to grow I feel the last light sinking low In the broken tempo of letting us go