Jazz
v4
@Ali Wenton
Jazz
v4
@Ali Wenton
Lyrics
[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
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
Style of Music
A slow, smoky sax line over brushed drums, fading into a soft violin swell. At 0:02, a whisper of breath — then the piano hits a minor seventh chord like a heartbeat breaking in real time.
