[Intro] Soft keys hum under streetlight rain Saxophone breathes where words remain City low, moving slow And I don’t really want to go [Verse 1] I left the café on Kent Street late You said “take care” like it wasn’t fate Still taste coffee on my tongue Still hear the things we didn’t become I walked past taxis, glowing red Thoughts of you just stuck in my head We were good, then we were thin Like smoke that never settles in [Pre-Chorus] And I tell myself it’s fine Just another night to lose track of time But every corner knows your name Even when I don’t say the same [Chorus] I’m still learning how to be alone When the city hums like a steady tone Don’t fade away, don’t fade away Not like this, not today I’m still learning how to let you go Like the tide that forgets the shore below Don’t fade away, don’t fade away Just stay in the night a little longer, okay [Verse 2] The harbour lights look soft from here Like they’re holding every passing year I almost called, but I just drove on Watched the moment turn and be gone Your jacket still hangs in my mind Like a quiet ghost I never defined I’m not angry, I’m just in-between What we were and what we mean [Pre-Chorus] And I tell myself it’s fine Just another night to lose track of time But every street I used to know Feels different now that you don’t show [Chorus] I’m still learning how to be alone When the city hums like a steady tone Don’t fade away, don’t fade away Not like this, not today I’m still learning how to let you go Like the tide that forgets the shore below Don’t fade away, don’t fade away Just stay in the night a little longer, okay [Bridge] If I could pause the light on this road Keep the night from letting you go I wouldn’t fix what time broke apart I’d just slow down the shape of my heart And maybe love was never meant to stay Just a sound that drifts away [Final Chorus] I’m still learning how to be alone But the city feels less like stone Don’t fade away, don’t fade away I can say your name today I’m still learning how to let you go But I think I finally know Don’t fade away, don’t fade away You’re part of me in a quieter way [Outro] Soft sax fades into morning air Empty streets like you were never there But I hear you in the piano’s last tone And I’m okay… being alone
