[Intro — soft, close] Still warm where you were. Still warm. [Verse 1] Salt dries on the windows. Your shirt is on my chair. The evening fills the doorway. I almost leave it there. We missed the final bus home. You drew roads across my hand. Now every line goes somewhere we never got to land. [Pre-Chorus] The shore forgets our footsteps. My body takes its time. I hear you in the spaces between the notes tonight. [Chorus] After the sun, after the sun, your shadow leaves, your warmth stays on. After the sun, after the sun, I’m still a little summer when the light is gone. [Instrumental Drop — piano, sub-bass, vocal chops] Still warm. Still warm. Where you were. [Verse 2] The wheels turn beneath me. The sea slips out of view. I take the long way home now. There’s no one to hurry to. A stranger hums a melody. I nearly turn around. For half a breath, I find you. Then the traffic takes the sound. [Chorus] After the sun, after the sun, your shadow leaves, your warmth stays on. After the sun, after the sun, I’m still a little summer when the light is gone. [Extended Instrumental — evolving broken beat] [Bridge — piano and voice] I thought the cold would find me the minute you were gone. But something of that evening has kept its fingers warm. I hold them to the window. The night is coming through. For once, I let it touch me without reaching out for you. [Final Chorus — layered, gently lifted] After the sun, after the sun, your shadow leaves, your warmth stays on. After the sun, after the sun, I carry a little summer. I carry it alone. [Outro — fading vocal fragments] Still warm. Still warm. The light is gone. I’m moving on.
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