[Intro - Solo piano, 4 bars, rubato] [Verse - Lyric Soprano - Legato, Soft Dynamics] Edward, when the music ends and every candle sleeps, I'll keep the silence of this hour, the one the morning keeps. [Chorus - Lyric Soprano - Full Voice, Swelling Strings] Take my hand, and with it take the years I have to give, the dawns, the doubts, the quiet strength, the rooms where we will live, beloved, I am yours. [Spoken-Sung - Parlando, Hushed] Keep this hour... it is ours. [Outro - Piano alone, final held chord] [End]
