The Queen in Jade
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### Lyrics Prompt Modal jazz / cool school track, BPM 78, smooth swung modal minor key, warm woody walking upright bass, Bill Evans-style soft impressionistic piano, feather-light brushed snare, distant muted flugelhorn ad-libs, glistening marimba flourishes; smoky, low-vibrato cool baritone male vocals in the measured, conversational storyteller phrasing of Chet Baker and Mark Murphy. Emotion: quiet, soft-edged late-night wistfulness, no sharp drama, no bitterness. Narrative: the vocalist lingers at the chipped edge of a half-empty club booth hours after the set ended, replaying one unspoken, tender farewell line traded with a regular stranger during snow season, quiet imagery of half-melted drink ice, faint wind seeping under the club door, the last hazy curl of old tobacco haze before closing. Lyrics stay spare, understated, leaving space between lines as meaningful as the words.
Lyrics
[Intro] [Verse] The lights are slow The house is thin Ice turns to water Inside the gin The bass is humming A wooden sound Shadows are drifting Across the ground Still Waiting [Chorus] One soft word Left on the air A quiet ghost In an empty chair The snow is falling White and deep A tender promise I meant to keep So deep To keep [Post-Chorus] In the blue Just us two Passing through [Verse] You stood right there By the velvet door A trace of perfume Lingers on the floor The flugelhorn sighs A distant blue I’m still here Thinking of you Just here With you [Chorus] One soft word Left on the air A quiet ghost In an empty chair The snow is falling White and deep A tender promise I meant to keep So deep To keep [Bridge] The wind is seeping Under the frame I almost whispered Your secret name The marimba glistens Like frozen rain A gentle sorrow Without the pain No pain Just rain [Solo] [Verse] The tobacco curls In a silver grey The night is folding Itself away We traded a look A soft goodbye Under the heavy Winter sky So high Goodbye [Chorus] One soft word Left on the air A quiet ghost In an empty chair The snow is falling White and deep A tender promise I meant to keep So deep To keep [Post-Chorus] In the blue Just us two Passing through [Break] [Outro]
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