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"Let the Weather Turn"

Intro - grand piano plays a slow, hypnotic two-chord pattern, a smooth bassline slides in underneath

Verse 1 - piano and bass only, close and intimate

The house lights are down and the seats are all bare

There's a coat on the railing, but nobody's there

You're packing your things in the dark by the door

And I'm not going to ask you to stay anymore

Verse 2 - soft drums enter, vocal still gentle

I could build you a cage out of everything we've done

I could scream down the hallway till the morning sun

But I've watched too many curtains fall in the middle of the scene

So take the light you came with, and leave the rest to me

Chorus - harmonies stack, guitar swells, full and graceful

Let the weather turn, let it rain on the stage

Let the dust settle down on the last empty page

Let the weather turn, I won't hold your hand

I'll stand in the thunder like a king in a band

Verse 3 - back to piano and bass, hushed

Some nights I'll hear your footsteps in the hall

Some nights I'll set a place for no one at all

But the quiet's a teacher, and I'm learning her way

Every ending's a doorway if you wait for the day

Chorus - bigger, drums driving, harmonies layered high

Let the weather turn, let it rain on the stage

Let the dust settle down on the last empty page

Let the weather turn, I won't hold your hand

I'll stand in the thunder like a king in a band

Guitar Solo - soaring, melodic, multi-layered harmony guitars over the steady groove

Bridge - tempo slows, dramatic and operatic, stacked harmonies a cappella then piano crash

Oh, was it ever ours, or only ours to lose?

Oh, the curtain's coming down, I've got nothing left to choose

Hold the note, hold the note, let it echo to the sky

Then let it go, let it go, and wave goodbye

Final Chorus - key change up, full band, towering harmonies, guitar and piano together

Let the weather turn, let it rain on the stage

I'll write a brand new song on a clean empty page

Let the weather turn, I won't hold your hand

I'll stand in the sunrise like a king in a band

Outro - piano returns to the two-chord pattern, harmonies fade, one last soft note