The Last Ovation

[Intro]
[Verse]
The house lights fade to gray
The music dies away
I stand here all alone
Upon this wooden throne
The velvet curtain falls
Within these silent walls
[Pre-Chorus]
I trace the dust and gold
Of stories we have told
The shadows start to rise
Before my weeping eyes
[Chorus]
I hear the crowd still roar
Behind the closed stage door
I gave my heart to you
Under the spotlight blue
The final bow is done
My rising star is won
But oh, the sweet refrain
Of love that conquers pain
[Post-Chorus]
The echoes softly play
And sweep the night away
A sweet and silent grace
In this familiar place
[Break]
[Verse]
My handprints on the seam
Recall a vanished dream
The paint is wearing thin
Where magic would begin
A ghost of yesterday
Still begs me to delay
[Pre-Chorus]
The oboe plays its song
Where I have belonged so long
The celesta starts to chime
To freeze this moment in time
[Chorus]
I hear the crowd still roar
Behind the closed stage door
I gave my heart to you
Under the spotlight blue
The final bow is done
My rising star is won
But oh, the sweet refrain
Of love that conquers pain
[Bridge]
The music swells so high
Up to the painted sky
I offered up my soul
To play this grandest role
And though the lights grow dim
I sing my final hymn
[Chorus]
I hear the crowd still roar
Behind the closed stage door
I gave my heart to you
Under the spotlight blue
The final bow is done
My rising star is won
But oh, the sweet refrain
Of love that conquers pain
[Outro]