[Sentimental blues, slow 12/8 feel. Warm electric guitar with crying bends, gentle piano, deep bass and restrained drums. Female lead vocal, fragile at first, growing raw and powerful in the chorus.] [Intro] [Soft guitar, sparse piano notes] The night lies heavy on my window sill, and your shadow won’t let go. I closed the door a long time ago, but your name still haunts my home. [Verse 1] Your coffee cup is next to mine, like you just stepped outside. Your old coat’s still hanging on the wall, but you won’t be coming home tonight. I tried to bury every memory, burned every photograph. But some fires never disappear, when love was built to last. [Pre-Chorus] And when the rain comes tapping on the glass, it sounds just like your goodbye. You said, “It’s better this way now,” but you never told me why. [Chorus] You took my heart on the last train out, left me standing in the pouring rain. I watched your light fade in the distance, but you never turned around again. You took my heart, but not the memories, that follow me through every dream. I’m learning how to breathe without you, though my heart still calls your name to me. [Verse 2] I wear your silence like an old black dress, one that doesn’t fit me anymore. There are too many questions in my mind, and your footsteps live inside the floor. Was I never enough for your love? Was I too blind, too proud, too near? You took the answers with you, darling, when you walked away from here. [Pre-Chorus] Now I talk to the moon alone, maybe she still knows your name. She saw me lose you in the darkness, she watched our final fire fade. [Chorus] You took my heart on the last train out, left me standing in the pouring rain. I watched your light fade in the distance, but you never turned around again. You took my heart, but not the memories, that follow me through every dream. I’m learning how to breathe without you, though my heart still calls your name to me. [Bridge] [Piano moves to the front. The guitar answers each vocal line.] Maybe our love was only borrowed, like summer fading way too soon. Maybe sometimes we lose somebody just to find ourselves beneath the wounds. But tonight, while the whole world sleeps, I whisper your name again. Not because I want you back, but because I don’t know when you stop loving somebody who once meant everything, how you bury a heart that still beats for the one who left it bleeding. [Instrumental Break] [Crying electric-guitar solo with long bends, answered by mournful piano chords.] [Final Chorus] You took my heart on the last train out, left me standing in the pouring rain. But somewhere underneath these tears, I’m learning how to see the day again. You took my heart, but not my voice, not the strength you left behind. I’ll learn to live without you, darling, even if your love stays on my mind. [Outro] [Only piano and soft guitar] The last train disappears into the night, its red light fades away. I won’t wave goodbye forever, I won’t wait for you to stay. And when the rain comes tapping on the glass, I may still think of you. Then I’ll turn out the final light and find my way back through.
