[Intro]
[saxophone wails over slow, lazy swing]
Coffee cup cooling in my hand
Sun just a rumor through the shade
Thought I heard your laughter down the hall
Then the silence came like rain
[Verse 1]
You were standing in the doorway
Bare feet, old T-shirt, crooked grin
I reached out, touched your shoulder
My hand passed right through your skin
You said, "Baby, we ain't promised
Another dawn, another night"
Then the room began to tremble
I woke up choking on the light
[Chorus]
Love is fragile as the morning
Here, then gone, like breath on glass
Time is just a scattered story
Pages turning way too fast
Hold me closer in this minute
Every second, built to break
Love is fragile as the morning
And it shatters when we wake
[Verse 2]
Calendar pinned above the counter
Red ink circling some old July
Can't recall what we were planning
Just remember how you cried
We were saving for a future
Like the future had our name
Now I trace your outline in the dust
Whisper, "Nothing stays the same"
[Chorus]
Love is fragile as the morning
Here, then gone, like breath on glass
Time is just a scattered story
Pages turning way too fast
Hold me closer in this minute
Every second, built to break
Love is fragile as the morning
And it shatters when we wake
[Bridge]
[band swells, backing singers rise behind the lead]
All that holding on
All that leaning in
Every promise made
Rattles in the wind
If I only get
This one day with you
I will spend it all
Learning this is true (this is true, yeah)
[Instrumental]
[powerful solo sax takes the melody, crying over full band and wordless gospel harmonies]
[Chorus]
Love is fragile as the morning
Here, then gone, like breath on glass
Time is just a scattered story
Pages turning way too fast
So lay your head here on my shoulder
Feel my heartbeat slip and shake
Love is fragile as the morning
But it's real, right now, awake
[Outro]
[saxophone returns, soft but aching, band fading]
Backing voices humming on your name
Clock hands stumbling past the door
I kiss your hair, I bless this hour
Pray we get just one hour more