We Let It Slip Away

[Intro – soft, spoken over piano] Yeah… Listen… It don’t have to end like this… --- [Verse 1 – lead] I can hear it in the silence now, Where your laughter used to live, Every room just echoes back All the love we used to give. Got your picture by the window, Where the light falls soft and low, But the warmth we held together Feels like something I don’t know. --- [Pre-Chorus – lead building] Tell me how we let it slip away, Was it pride or words we didn’t say… --- [Chorus – lead + gospel choir call/response] Lead: Don’t let this love go cold tonight, Choir: (Don’t let it go, don’t let it go) Lead: We’ve come too far to lose the light, Choir: (Hold on, hold on) Lead: If there’s a spark, don’t let it fade, Choir: (Keep it alive, keep it alive) Lead: Don’t let forever slip away… Choir: (Stay… stay… stay…) --- [Verse 2 – lead] I remember how you held me Like the world could fade away, Now we’re standing on a distance We don’t know how to betray. Every word comes out so broken, Every glance just turns away, But I still feel something beating In the things we couldn’t say. --- [Pre-Chorus – stronger lift] We don’t have to let it end this way, There’s still time if we can just stay… --- [Chorus – fuller, strings + horns swell] Lead: Don’t let this love go cold tonight, Choir: (Don’t let it go, don’t let it go) Lead: We’ve come too far to lose the light, Choir: (Hold on, hold on) Lead: If there’s a spark, don’t let it fade, Choir: (Keep it alive, keep it alive) Lead: Don’t let forever slip away… Choir: (Stay… stay… stay…) --- [Bridge – breakdown, call and response expands] Lead: Can you hear me calling? Choir: (Calling… calling…) Lead: Through the night so long? Choir: (So long… so long…) Lead: I don’t need tomorrow, Just a chance to right this wrong… Lead: If you’re still believing, Choir: (Still believing…) Lead: Then don’t turn away, Choir: (Don’t turn away…) Lead: We can find the feeling, Bring it back to yesterday… --- [Break – instrumental (horn + guitar)] --- [Final Chorus – biggest, layered harmonies] Lead: Don’t let this love go cold tonight, Choir: (Don’t let it go, don’t let it go) Lead: We’ve come too far to lose the light, Choir: (Hold on, hold on) Lead: If there’s a spark, don’t let it fade, Choir: (Keep it alive, keep it alive) Lead: Don’t let forever slip away… Choir: (Stay… stay… stay…) --- [Outro – fading, ad-libs over choir] Lead (ad-lib): Don’t let it go… no, no… We can make it right… Choir (soft): (Stay… stay… stay…) Lead (soft): Don’t let this love go cold…