[Intro — Catchy Late-1950s Slow-Dance Melody • Crying Pedal Steel + Clean Tremolo Guitar In Unison • Simple Yearning 6–8 Note Signature Motif • Graceful Slides • Warm Vintage Chords • Soft Vinyl Crackle • Motif Repeats Twice Before Vocal] [Instrumental: pedal steel answers the clean guitar, then both resolve together] * [Verse] You wore my old blue jacket By the church beside the lake The record skipped at midnight But you never let me break I felt the whole room turning When you leaned into my chest Every borrowed second Found a place where it could rest * [Pre-Chorus] If the years come down like weather If the summer loses flame I will find that little doorway Where you first whispered my name * [Chorus] Stay with me, my dear one Through the turning of the years I will hold your heart so gently Till the music disappears Stay with me, my dear one Let the whole wide world move on You became the sweetest answer I was searching for all along [Instrumental Turnaround — Original Signature Motif • Crying Steel + Clean Guitar] * [Verse] Your photograph is fading At the corners of the frame But I still can hear your laughter And to me it sounds the same There are roses in the window There is dust along the floor And a quiet kind of longing Still keeps watch beside the door * [Pre-Chorus] When the winter fills the garden When the last train leaves the town I will sing our old devotion Till the final note dies down * [Chorus] Stay with me, my dear one Through the turning of the years I will hold your heart so gently Till the music disappears Stay with me, my dear one Let the whole wide world move on You became the sweetest answer I was searching for all along * [Bridge] Hush now, close the curtain Let the blue room drift and sway No one needs to know our secret No one takes this night away If I lose the road before me If I cannot see the dawn Lace your fingers into mine And I’ll know where I belong * [Guitar Solo — Melody First • Restate Signature Motif • Crying Pedal-Steel Slides • Clean Guitar Doubles Melody • Long Singing Sustain • Shoegaze Feedback Blooms • No Shredding] [Chorus] Stay with me, my dear one Through the turning of the years I will hold your heart so gently Till the music disappears Stay with me, my dear one Let the whole wide world move on You are still the sweetest answer You are still where I belong [Harmony Stack Widens • Steel Melody Climbs] Stay with me, my dear one When the final chord is gone I’ll carry all the love you gave me Long after the music’s gone * [Outro] Your hand in mine, my dear one Your hand in mine, still warm Every life… Every time… [Instrumentation Drops To Clean Tremolo Guitar + Sustained Steel] [Whispered] And if the moon still knows my heart When everything is gone… It’ll know your name. Luna.
