

Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro] [saxophone, low and lonely, over sparse guitar and brushed snare] [Verse 1] Car lights on the gravel Your shadow hits the wall My hand on the doorknob Didn’t think I’d feel this small You laugh in slow motion Through that dusty café glass His hand at your shoulder Like I used to in the past [Chorus] This is how the story ends In a quiet frame I can’t defend Just a last slow dance in the doorway All alone with what I know You don’t see my heart let go Watching you belong to someone always (last slow dance in the doorway) Watching you belong to someone always [Verse 2] Coffee cups between you Two straws in one old drink He leans in, you lean closer Than you ever leaned to me, I think Your smile has a freedom I never learned to hold Guess I loved the promise You’ve already outgrown [Chorus] This is how the story ends In a quiet frame I can’t defend Just a last slow dance in the doorway All alone with what I know You don’t see my heart let go Watching you belong to someone always (last slow dance in the doorway) Watching you belong to someone always [Bridge] Maybe I was just a season You were summer, I was rain Now the sky above that window Doesn’t even know my name I turn back from the sidewalk Let the key slip from my hand If you ask me what happened I’ll just say, “I understand” (yeah) [Chorus] This is how the story ends In a quiet frame I can’t defend Just a last slow dance in the doorway All alone with what I know You don’t see my heart let go Watching you belong to someone always (last slow dance in the doorway) Watching you belong to someone always [Outro] [saxophone rises, echoing the chorus melody, then trails off into a soft, aching fade]
Tags
jazz, Smoky jazz-blues country soul ballad with raspy male vocals; brushed kit, upright bass, and soft tremolo guitar under a sorrowful solo sax that opens, weaves mid-song, and closes. Verses stay hushed and conversational; chorus swells with aching gospel-tinged harmonies and organ pads, sax doubling the vocal hook between lines. Intimate room reverb, close-mic’d vocal grit and tender backing choir answering key phrases., blues, soul, rich, country, male vocals
4:04
No
2/13/2026