Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Dust on the window Coffee gone cold on the sill Newspaper folded, yesterday’s headlines Same old ache, same old thrill Neighbor’s TV hums through the plaster Train on the tracks far away I trace your name in the condensation Watch it fade, slip away [Chorus] Midnight window glow City breathing soft and slow If you were here, would you stay, would you go? I still talk to your shadow in the glass Midnight window glow Every streetlight feels like home I’m just learning how to hold What I can’t have [Verse 2] Ash in the tray, slow spiral Jacket on the back of your chair Record needle clicks in the quiet Like it knows you’re not there I pour two fingers in an old chipped tumbler One for the hurt, one for you Let it burn straight down to the secrets I never said, but you knew [Chorus] Midnight window glow City breathing soft and slow If you were here, would you stay, would you go? I still talk to your shadow in the glass Midnight window glow Every streetlight feels like home I’m just learning how to hold What I can’t have [Bridge] [Violin solo, slow and aching, over held chords] I hear you in the quiet between the cars I see you in the steam from the vent Every little echo in this tired old room Feels like love that never quite left [Chorus] Midnight window glow City breathing soft and slow If you were here, would you stay, would you go? I still talk to your shadow in the glass Midnight window glow Every streetlight feels like home I’m just learning how to hold What I can’t have
Tags
jazz, Smoky lo-fi jazz-soul blend with male vocals; brushed drums and round upright bass under lazy electric piano and reverb-soaked guitar chords. Saxophone weaves slow call-and-response with the vocal in verses, opening into a gritty Chicago-blues shuffle on the chorus. Violin steps forward for a tender, bending solo in the bridge, then everything sways back to a hushed, late-night pocket for the outro, tape-warm and intimate., blues, electric, chicago blues, soul, saxophone, violin, lo-fi
Duration
5:57
Instrumental
No
Created
4/16/2026