The Unfinished Sonnet

[Intro]\n\n[Verse]\nI found your letter in the dust.\nBehind the hinges thick with rust.\nA paper scrap of broken trust.\nThe ink is dry, as ink must.\nThe library is cold and vast.\nA sanctuary for the past.\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nThe jasmine wilts upon the sill.\nThe manor house is deathly still.\nI feel the creeping winter chill.\nAgainst my fading iron will.\n\n[Chorus]\nOne waltz beneath the velvet light.\nWe danced into the dying night.\nBefore you vanished from my sight.\nAnd left the world without a light.\nThe silver glow is tarnished now.\nA broken heart, a broken vow.\n\n[Post-Chorus]\nThe oboe sighs a low refrain.\nTo wash away the bitter stain.\nOf love that was in vain.\nAmidst the falling rain.\n\n[Verse]\nThe harpsichord begins to play.\nThe ghosts of all we didn't say.\nI watch the shadows drift and sway.\nIn shades of violet and gray.\nThe sonnet stops upon the page.\nA bird within a gilded cage.\n\n[Chorus]\nOne waltz beneath the velvet light.\nWe danced into the dying night.\nBefore you vanished from my sight.\nAnd left the world without a light.\nThe silver glow is tarnished now.\nA broken heart, a broken vow.\n\n[Bridge]\nThe English horn is weeping low.\nWhere did our stolen summer go?\nThe candles flicker in the hall.\nI hear your footsteps through the wall.\nBut when I turn there is no one there.\nJust empty rooms and frozen air.\n\n[Verse]\nThe upright piano keys are cold.\nThe story that was never told.\nIn letters laced with edges gold.\nBefore the seasons turned so bold.\nI keep the ribbon in my hand.\nAcross this lonely, hollow land.\n\n[Chorus]\nOne waltz beneath the velvet light.\nWe danced into the dying night.\nBefore you vanished from my sight.\nAnd left the world without a light.\nThe silver glow is tarnished now.\nA broken heart, a broken vow.\n\n[Post-Chorus]\nThe waltz goes on and on.\nUntil the break of dawn.\nBut you are truly gone.\nA ghost upon the lawn.\n\n[Outro]