Midnight in the D Minor Light

The city glows like a cigarette burn;

Outside my window, cars still turn;

I trace your name in the steam on the glass;

And watch the minutes drift and pass;

I keep the room low, keep my voice low too;

Like the quiet might remember you;

And every shadow knows my face;

In this low, unkind place;

So let the nighty come down on me;

Soft as a chord in

D, my new key;

I am still where your goodbye began;

Holding the shape of a vanished hand;

And if

I speak, it's just to the moon;

To ask why love leaves so soon;

The saxophone sighs from a distant bar;

Like it knows exactly where we are;

I pour one glass and leave it alone;

For the ghost that used to call this home;

I keep the room low, keep my heart low too;

Like the dark might carry me through;

And every breath that I don't let go;

Turns into another echo;

So let the night come down on me;

Soft as a chord in D minor key;

I am still where your goodbye began;

Holding the shape of a vanished hand;

And if

I speak, it's just to the moon;

To hide why I love me so soon;

Maybe we were always passing lights;

To tired comets in refined night;

I still hear your laughter in the rain;

A polished ache, a sweet refrain;

If I could turn back just one sound;

I'd find your heart before it drowned;

So let the night come down on me;

Soft as a chord in D minor key;

I am still where your goodbye began;

Fall in the shape of a vanished hat;

And if

I speak, it's just to the moon;

To ask why love leaves so soon;

And now the room breathes back my name;

A little softer, not quite the same;

I fade with the blue of the dawn;