“Blue Between the Lines”

Intro (soft electric piano, drifting) Mm… yeah… Late night in a minor key… Verse 1 Fingertips on empty glass, tracing where you used to be Smoke curls like a memory, dancing in diminished dreams Every chord I try to play just falls a half-step out of place Like my heart can’t find the root since you walked away Pre-Chorus And I’m suspended… somewhere in between Your love in major… and this minor me Chorus I’m living blue between the lines Every note bends when I try To call your name, it slips in time Like jazz that won’t resolve tonight You were my sweet seventh sky Now I’m lost in flat-nine cries Tell me how to harmonize When all I feel is blue between the lines Verse 2 Midnight hums in altered tones, neon flickers on my skin City sings in broken chords, echoing the state I’m in Tried to move on up the scale, but I keep sliding back again Chromatic steps, I chase your ghost… can’t transcend Pre-Chorus Every silence… says what we won’t say Your love’s a cadence… that just fades away Chorus I’m living blue between the lines Every note bends when I try To call your name, it slips in time Like jazz that won’t resolve tonight You were my sweet seventh sky Now I’m lost in flat-nine cries Tell me how to harmonize When all I feel is blue between the lines Bridge (soft falsetto, airy harmonies) If I could modulate my pain Find a key where you remain Maybe I’d rest… finally breathe But every path leads back to me And these chords don’t lie… They tremble when I cry… No resolution, just goodbye… Break (instrumental feel) (extended chords, slow runs) Mm… mm… Hold me in a suspended dream… Final Chorus I’m living blue between the lines Every note bends when I try To call your name, it slips in time Like jazz that won’t resolve tonight You were my sweet seventh sky Now I’m lost in flat-nine cries Tell me how to harmonize When all I feel… Outro …is blue… (soft piano trails off, unresolved chord)