The Man Who Danced with Time(Fred Astaire)

[Instrumental Intro] (soft jazz guitar with upright bass, brushed drums, piano trill, muted trumpet swell leading into rhythm) [Verse 1] He glided through the silver haze Each step a poem, each turn a phrase The floor was glass, his heart was flame And every note recalled his name [Pre-Chorus] The world once swayed beneath his feet Where rhythm bowed and grace would meet [Chorus] He danced with time until the night grew still A phantom of finesse and boundless will The shoes he left still echo through the years A song of motion carved from joy and tears He never fell, he only learned to fly And left his footprints in the sky [Verse 2] A gentleman in tails and tune He made the stars keep perfect time to swoon Each waltz, each tap, a whispered prayer For those who’d dream to follow there [Pre-Chorus] He turned each breath into refrain And made the light outdance the pain [Chorus] He danced with time until the night grew still A phantom of finesse and boundless will The shoes he left still echo through the years A song of motion carved from joy and tears He never fell, he only learned to fly And left his footprints in the sky [Bridge] (soft string swell with trumpet solo and snare rolls) The floor remembers what the world forgot That grace is born where gravity is not A gentle spin, a pause, a sigh The music ends, but dreams don’t die [Instrumental] (piano and guitar duet, brushed snare keeping heartbeat tempo, upright bass walking softly) [Final Chorus] He danced with time until the world stood still Each motion bound by beauty, not by will His rhythm lives in every soul that hears The quiet beat that conquers all our fears He never fell, he only learned to fly And left his footprints in the sky [Outro] (piano fades to single note; faint tap of shoes on wood echoes out, leaving silence)