[Intro]

(A lonely, plucked cello melody, rhythmic and wooden)

[Verse 1]

The kettle hums a low and steady tune

The dust is dancing in the afternoon

I’ve finally stopped chasing for the moon

Now I’m just afraid it’s all too soon

[Verse 2]

Your shoes are messy by the garden door

There’s traces of the life we struggled for

I used to crave for so much more and more

Now I’m just a beggar on this kitchen floor

[Chorus]

Don’t let the wind breathe too hard tonight

Don’t let the morning steal this candlelight

I’m holding shadows with all of my might

Praying the stars won’t fade out of sight

[Chorus]

It’s a fragile house made of porcelain bone

The kind of peace I’ve never really known

I’m terrified of being left alone

With a king’s heavy heart on a paper throne

[Verse 3]

The wine is red and the bread is sweet

I watch the pulse beneath your satin sheet

The world is quiet on our little street

But I can hear the drums of a slow retreat

[Bridge]

[Instrumental solo: Haunting accordion with a slow, swaying beat]

Is it a gift or a cruel design?

To let me taste the water and the wine

[Outro]

Keep the rain away

Let the color stay

Just one more day

Just one more.

(The cello fades into the sound of a ticking clock)