[Intro — Piano plays a restless four-note motif] [Brief silence] [Solo euphonium enters with a warm, yearning melody] [Oboe answers with a delicate, wistful phrase] [Verse 1 — Intimate, expressive female vocal] I left the curtains open For a sky I couldn't see The world kept turning slowly While the dark was holding me I had forgotten how to listen To the quiet in the rain But somewhere in the distance Something called my name [Piano changes rhythm] [Oboe answers the final vocal phrase] [Euphonium carries the melody onward] [Verse 2 — Gentle movement, restrained emotion] There were words I never whispered There were roads I never tried There were mornings I remember Only watching from outside I don't need to know the reason I don't need to understand I can leave the door wide open I can reach out with my hand [Pre-Chorus — Piano builds, then suddenly stops] And if the light is only borrowed If it fades before the day Let me hold it for a moment Let me feel it anyway [Chorus — Warm, memorable melody; voice and euphonium intertwine] When morning finds me Let me be awake Let me see the colors In the smallest things that change I don't need forever I don't need the sky Just a little more tomorrow Just another reason why [Instrumental — Euphonium takes the chorus melody] [Oboe responds, then develops its own lyrical phrase] [Piano returns with changing, syncopated chords] [Verse 3 — Close, vulnerable, gradually warming] There is still a cup beside me There is still a song to play There are things I haven't finished There are things I cannot say And the person in the mirror Doesn't look the same somehow I don't have to love the journey I can start from where I am now [Bridge — Sparse piano, expressive vocal phrasing] If I tremble Let me tremble If I falter Let me stay I have spent so long believing I must find another way But the heart can learn the rhythm Of a slow and gentle dawn And the life I thought was over May be waiting to go on [Instrumental — Euphonium sings a long, expressive melody] [Oboe rises in a luminous counter-melody] [Piano builds through changing chords, then falls silent] [Final Chorus — Emotion opens fully; soaring but transparent soprano] When morning finds me I will lift my eyes I will meet the colors I once watched pass me by I don't need forever I don't need to fly There is something here worth keeping There is still a reason why When morning finds me Let me feel it all Every broken little piece of me Can answer to the call And if tomorrow finds me Standing in the rain I will know the light is somewhere I can learn to find again [Release — Voice gently recedes] [Oboe plays a tender, solitary phrase] [Euphonium answers with the opening melody] [Outro — Almost whispered, delicate and unhurried] A little light... A little time... The world is turning... And so am I... [Piano returns to the four-note motif] [Final euphonium note fades naturally] [End]
