[Intro] [Slow, emotional saxophone solo] [Piano chords] [Verse 1] [Hushed] The bar is thick with bitter coffee, smoke and haze, The time flows thick like syrup in this dimly lit maze. Behind the counter, rows of bottles, old and yellow, Hold frozen hopes and ghosts of dreams, no longer mellow. The amber glints dance in the glass with cracked lines, Like words of forgotten prayers in empty wines. [Verse 2] [Melancholic] I am a shadow here, a sketch upon a page, Stuck in my own [Stretching the word] Voiceless, eternal rage. Upon the street, I'm just a passerby, alone, But in this bar, I’m like an ancient, sleeping stone. I watch the minutes melt away in hollow space, One with the silence in this ghostly, haunted place. [Verse 3] [Passionate, louder] But then you burst in! Like a streak of fire from the sky! Breaking my frozen, wordless world as you passed by. [Slowly] You walked like light... through chairs in this half-dark hall, And in mute wonder, shadows bowed against the wall. You smelled of thunder and of wild forest hops [h-O-ps], Drenched in the rain of April, dripping crystal drops. [Instrumental Break] [Wailing saxophone solo, crying notes] [Verse 4] [Sad] I’d lay before your feet the things I never said, But my heart is bound by silence, like a silver thread. Between us lies a desert, no matter where we’ve bEen, And all my thoughts, unborn, have sailed to worlds unsEEn. [Chorus] [Powerful, emotional climax] This night is not mine! This blues is an untold story! Upon my face — a mask of silent, frozen glory! [Softer, tender] I watch the sunset dying in your fragile glass, I called for you in silence, but you let it pass. [With grit and passion] I breathed of love, but you will never hear my cry, Though looking at me, you breathe fast and heave a sigh! [Transition] [Intimate piano melody] Then suddenly you rose, you broke my lonely trance, Wrapping me in the scent of rain and desire’s dance. You sat so close, your hand just brushed against my arm, My world stood still, caught in your quiet, heavy charm. [Outro] [Soft piano only] [Female vocals, soft and intimate] — Tell me, why do you watch me with such hopeless eyes? — Why are you filled with such a sorrow, deep and wise? — Tell me the truth... Give me your answer, don't disguise... [Absolute Silence] [Dramatic Pause] [Male voice, low spoken] I looked at her for long... And slowly shook my head. I took a pencil... And on a napkin, simply spread, I wrote a short response: “I AM MUTE”. [End]
