Jazz

[Verse 1]
You left, and your shadow still lingers
On the walls where moonlight fades
My breath is heavy with silence
And your smile haunts my yesterdays

You could have paused for a heartbeat
Before severing all the strings
Like a poem left unfinished
Mid-sentence, with clipped wings

[Chorus]
Now I sit with the sound of a tired piano
In nights where even the stars feel dim
You walked away — without a reason, without a tremble
And your silence was louder than any sin

[Verse 2]
Your memories move like fog
Through alleys of my mind
Your shoes still rest at the doorstep
But you're nowhere I can find

Your lips — an impossible longing
Your hands — my Monday night goodbyes
You never once asked me
How a heart like mine breaks when it tries

[Bridge]
(Instrumental – Saxophone + Violin)
A sax weeps like a goodbye whispered too late
Violins tremble in a kiss that never came

[Verse 3]
I swallowed my words like bitter pills
Let silence speak in my place
But your footsteps echo louder now
In every quiet space

You were a season too short for my soul
A winter without a spring
Yet still, I gather the ruins
Of the songs we didn’t sing

[Chorus - Reprise]
Still I play that tired piano
To a room that forgot your name
The keys cry in soft surrender
While I burn in unspoken flame

[Outro - Spoken softly or whispered]
If I ever loved too gently
It was only 'cause I feared the fall
But you —
You didn’t even glance
As you let me lose it all