[Intro] [Solo piano, single notes, wide space] [Low strings enter beneath] [Verse 1] You left your coat beside the kitchen chair One sleeve inverted, like you'd just been there I fold it once, then leave it where it fell The room asks questions that I cannot tell [Pre-Chorus] [Pizzicato strings, unsettled] If I call, I know the answer If I don't, the silence grows Every faint sound moves further Still I listen at the door [Chorus] [Strings open wide, warm and aching] Come back slowly, no explanations needed Place your hand within my hand again I'm not requesting you remain all night Just don't vanish before the morning light Come back slowly, let me perceive There's a small space for you and me If the distance must claim its portion Leave one honest word beside the chair [Instrumental] [Strings thin out, solo violin figure] [Verse 2] The window accumulates dust along the sill I still choose yours, though mine is clean The neighbor's dog still scratches at the gate As if recalling who it used to await [Pre-Chorus] [Cello enters low, strings tighten] I sense the season's shift In the conduits beneath the floor Every promise persistently returns To the point where it fractured before [Chorus] [Full orchestra, timpani beneath] Come back slowly, no explanations needed Place your hand within my hand again I'm not requesting you remain all night Just don't vanish before the morning light Come back slowly, let me perceive There's a small space for you and me If the distance must claim its portion Leave one honest word beside the chair [Instrumental] [Orchestra drops to near silence] [Breakdown] [Half-time, solo piano and breath] [Glassy harmonics, frozen and sparse] In half-time, the room attenuates I enumerate the spaces you occupied No clear answer, no distinct sign Just your name intersecting mine [Final Chorus] [Full orchestra returns, larger and open] [Distant choir beneath] Come back slowly, no explanations needed Place your hand within my hand again I'm not requesting you remain all night Just don't vanish before the morning light Come back slowly, let me perceive There's a small space for you and me If the distance must claim its portion Leave one honest word beside the chair [Instrumental] [Strings sustain, slowly thinning] [Outro] [Solo piano, bare] Leave one honest word Beside the chair
