Song Description
The club is nearly empty, ashtrays full, and a waitress is putting the last stools up on the bar, but the band is playing one last song, almost for themselves. In the last moments of the night, when it is too late to be anything but honest, a harpist and sax player make music about how lovers drift away from eachother, and sometimes find their way back together.
| Song Length |
5:26 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Jazz - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
General, Recovery |
Similar Artists |
Natalie Merchant, Sarah Mclachlan |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
as the moon climbs to its place
you search for your forgotten ways
the home you loved, where you couldn?t stay
and from the box where you keep your heart
you fold them up in a paper plane
you throw and then try to find again
and I can?t see you
but I can hear you breathe
where the streetlights rival the moon
I search for my forgotten ways
the heart I had just yesterday
I?ve run out of stories too soon
tracked you down in familiar songs
but I?ve lost the words and it?s been too long
and I can?t see you
but I can hear you breathe
I can?t see you
but I can hear you breathe
somewhere, out in the world at night
we?ll search for our forgotten ways
the things we think, but we never say
there, at the end of the road, out of sight
we?ll step away from our quiet cars
hold our faces against the stars
and I can hear them
I can hear them fall
and I can?t see you
but I can hear you breathe