[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

jazz, Smoky jazz-blues ballad with country soul, male vocals. Solo tenor sax opens over brushed drums and upright bass, soft gospel piano voicings. First verse stays hushed; backing singers slide in on the choruses with rich, urgent harmonies. Mid-song, the band swells into a raw, weeping sax solo before dropping back to voice-and-piano intimacy. Final chorus climbs in intensity, then a lingering sax outro floats over warm organ and quiet vocal hums., rich, soul, country, blues

Fragile as the Morning