The Blue Still Singing

Lyrics

[Intro] [Wordless choir, soft humming] [Verse 1: Female] A silver thread across the lake, The winter holds its breath; I trace the path your skates once made Through crystal underfoot. [Verse 2: Male] The palace clocks have lost an hour, The ballroom lamps burn low; I kept your ribbon in my coat Through every fallen snow. [Pre-Chorus: Female] If this is only borrowed time, Then let it turn us gently. [Chorus: Duet] Come, turn with me where cold stars spin, Where quiet keeps our names; One final circle, cheek to cheek, Before the dawn unchains. Though morning takes the painted dream, Its music stays between us; We cross the ice, we rise, we fall, And leave the blue still singing. [Verse 3: Female] A white moth rests upon your sleeve, Then vanishes in air; I know the road beyond the rink Will lead us separate ways. [Verse 4: Male] Then take this little glass-blue rose, Its petals made of frost; It cannot keep the season here, But holds what was not lost. [Pre-Chorus: Duet] If this is only borrowed time, Then let it turn us gently. [Chorus: Duet] Come, turn with me where cold stars spin, Where quiet keeps our names; One final circle, cheek to cheek, Before the dawn unchains. Though morning takes the painted dream, Its music stays between us; We cross the ice, we rise, we fall, And leave the blue still singing. [Bridge: Duet] No spell can stop the pale sky changing, No wish can hold the snow; But in the hush between two heartbeats, There is a place we know. [Final Chorus: Duet, soaring] Come, turn with me where cold stars spin, Where quiet keeps our names; One final circle, cheek to cheek, Before the dawn unchains. Though morning takes the painted dream, Its music stays between us; We cross the ice, we rise, we fall, And leave the blue still singing. [Outro] [Wordless choir humming, celesta and harp fade]