
into the overture
by John Bruce
Lyrics
[Intro - soft solo piano, delicate arpeggios, distant string pads]
[Verse 1 - gentle violins, hushed female soprano, orchestral hush]
Moonlight writes its silver lines across the empty stage,
Every breath a memory that time cannot erase.
I close my eyes and hear the past still echoing in lace,
A waltz we never finished, floating in the space.
[Pre-Chorus - rising cello line, subtle timpani rolls]
The curtain waits, the candles burn, the night begins to sway,
I reach for hands that aren’t there, yet feel them anyway.
[Chorus - swelling full orchestra, GBX piano motif, soaring choir]
Hold me in the overture that never learned to end,
Where every note we left unsaid becomes a lifelong friend.
Lift me through the violins until the heavens bend,
And let the symphony remember how we used to mend.
[Verse 2 - piano and soft strings, intimate male tenor]
Footprints fade on polished floors where laughter used to land,
I play the keys you gave to me with quiet, trembling hands.
Each chord a letter never sent, each rest a silent prayer,
That somewhere in the music you might still be there.
[Bridge - stripped strings, lone GBX piano, fragile harmonies]
If the final movement comes and I must play alone,
I’ll keep your melody inside the marrow of my bones.
[Final Chorus - massive orchestral swell, layered choir, emotional climax]
Hold me in the overture that never learned to end,
Where every tear becomes a star the universe will tend.
Lift me through the violins until forever bends,
And let the symphony remember how we learned to mend.
[Outro - fading piano, distant violins, reverb-drenched choir]