Lyrics
Verse 1
Old leather case
Under my bed for years
Her flute inside it
Still smells of summer air
I told myself I'd never
Pick it up again
But tonight the window's open
And the house feels like home
Pre-Chorus
And I press my lips
And I close my eyes
That first soft note
Is a knock on the door
Chorus
I hear her laughing
In every rising scale
Every little run of silver
Down the darkened hall
I play the song she taught me
The one we never finished
Now I want to know
Where it goes
Verse 2
The sheet music is faded
Her pencil marks still there
A tiny question on the third line
She said when you're ready change it
I never asked her why
I just packed it away
But tonight I flip the page
And I write my own reply
Pre-Chorus
And the note I chose
Turns the corner sharp
A half-step higher
Than she ever wrote
Chorus
I hear her laughing
In every rising scale
Every little run of silver
Down the darkened hall
I play the song she taught me
The one we never finished
Now I'm finding out
Where it goes
Bridge
And for one long breath
I think I feel her leaning in
Watching where my fingers land
On the keys I chose
She's not telling me to stop
She's not telling me the way
She just smiles and lets me
Take it somewhere new
Instrumental
Final Chorus
I hear her laughing
In every rising scale
Every little run of silver
Down the darkened hall
I'm playing past the ending
Past the note she left
Finding out the rest
For the both of us
Outro
Mm
And the case stays open on the floor
Mm
She said when you're ready
I'm ready now
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