Fading Golden Hour

[Intro: Cinematic strings and slow trip-hop beat] [Verse 1: Male Vocal] The sun goes down like a bleeding heart Tearing the quiet afternoon apart I'm gripping the wheel with a heavy hand Driving through a cold and empty land The radio plays a forgotten tune Under the watch of a daylight moon [Verse 2: Female Vocal] I smell the rain on the asphalt road Carrying the weight of a heavy load You’re right beside me but miles away There are a million things we just can't say I watch your profile fade in the dusk A hollow shell of the love we trust [Pre-Chorus: Both] Shadows grow long, the light starts to bend Is this how the beautiful tragedies end? [Chorus: Both] Oh, we are lost in the fading golden hour Watching the death of our favorite flower We had the summer, we had the fire Now we are burning on our own funeral pyre Hold me close while the colors die Let's pretend we don't have to say goodbye [Instrumental Interlude: Sad violin solo with heavy bass drops] [Verse 3: Male Vocal] I trace the lines on your porcelain face Trying to memorize every space Before the winter comes rushing in Before the silence and the cold begin We built a castle of fragile glass Knowing that summer was bound to pass [Pre-Chorus: Both] Shadows grow long, the light starts to bend Is this how the beautiful tragedies end? [Chorus: Both] Oh, we are lost in the fading golden hour Watching the death of our favorite flower We had the summer, we had the fire Now we are burning on our own funeral pyre Hold me close while the colors die Let's pretend we don't have to say goodbye [Bridge: Female Vocal] And if the morning never comes for us Let us turn into stardust and rust I'd rather fall into the dark with you Than walk alone in the morning dew [Instrumental Outro: Sweeping orchestral crescendo fading into soft piano] [Outro: Both] (Male): Just keep driving. (Female): Don't let it end. (Both): Goodbye, my lover, my only friend. [End]