Kalimba Prayer

[Kalimba Prayer] [Intro — soft radio static / humid summer air / distant traffic / kalimba] Neon trembling on the rain again Gold reflections running down your skin Slow jazz drifting from an open window Like a memory refusing to end Blue smoke folding through the ceiling Taxi halos blur the avenue Beautiful strangers moving softly Like they’re hiding storms nobody knew And somewhere underneath the bassline Somebody’s heart is breaking quietly [Verse 1] Velvet shadows climbing up the walls Low light dancing in your tired eyes You moved slowly through the crowded room Like midnight trying not to say goodbye Champagne tears on crystal glasses Silver laughter fading into haze Every face dissolved like old cinema Floating through the violet waves You leaned close enough to hear me Even through the endless sound And for one suspended moment Loneliness forgot my name [Pre-Chorus] Maybe God still listens Through the static and the rhythm Maybe broken hearts still shimmer Under city lights at 3AM [Chorus] So let the kalimba pray tonight Soft and low beneath the lights We sway like beautiful disasters Breathing slowly through the night Let the city hold our sorrow In its velvet heat and noise If our hearts forget the language Let the rhythm be the voice Kalimba prayer… Carry us softly Kalimba prayer… Hold us gently [Verse 2 — rhythmic spoken-word cadence] Kitchen light still glowing back home Rain still sliding down old windows Somebody counting tips at midnight Trying to survive another winter slow Young souls laughing through exhaustion Pretty eyes hiding sleepless weeks Whole world dancing through invisible sadness Still pretending everybody’s free And honestly— I think that’s why the music matters Because for a few small moments We stop feeling alone inside ourselves [Bridge — airy harmonies / trumpet / distorted guitar textures] Ohhhh… Midnight flowers in electric rain Ohhhh… Broken halos glowing through the pain Your silhouette still moves inside my memory Soft as smoke Warm as summer streets [Final Chorus — euphoric rhythmic release] Let the kalimba pray tonight Under melting neon skies All our invisible emotions Turning gold beneath the lights And if tomorrow steals the feeling If the morning pulls apart Tonight the rhythm held together Every fractured little heart Kalimba prayer… Carry us softly Kalimba prayer… Hold us gently [Outro — fading radio transmission / distant laughter / kalimba] Some nights the city hurts beautifully…