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Soft, jazzy blues with rock and oriental influence
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mm-mm, la-la, (shi-ya) — hum it low, hum it low
soft koto on the edge, a cigarette moon
I walk the river walk where the paper lanterns lean
my coat's got a chill from the last slow scene
you left with a laugh like a knife in silk
left me counting fingerprints on my whiskey glass
the tram bell tolls, tin and gold, a tiny drum
I feel the city bend like bamboo in a storm
your shadow in my coffee, bitter-sweet and thin
I play a crooked chord and try to breathe you in
slow drum, slow breath (ah-ah)
string bends, one step left (one step left)
carry me on darkened rails, carry me back again
carry me to something we can call a friend
hold me like a paper lantern, hold me in the rain
hold me on the rooftop where the rain remembers our names
hold me like a paper lantern, hold me till it burns
hold me till the dawn unthreads, till the moon returns
hold me like a paper lantern, hold me in the rain
hold me on the rooftop where the rain remembers our names
You said love was a melody, fragile as lacquered wood
we tried to tune it with our hands, we tried the best we could
there's a bruise of blue beneath my sleeve — it's your laugh
I play those minor blues and watch the night come back
a shamisen thread, a streetlamp grin, a taxi sometimes sighs
I trace your name in steam on glass until the letters cry
my boots on stone, slow and sure, the guitar growls low
your departing shadow keeps the rhythm as I go
oh-oh, the roof creaks like a lullaby (la-la)
iron rails, silk and fire, underneath the sky (ah-ya)
say my name, say it soft, say it one more time (say it)
let the city fold around us, keep the foolish rhyme
hold me like a paper lantern, hold me in the rain
hold me on the rooftop where the rain remembers our names
hold me like a paper lantern, hold me till it burns
hold me till the dawn unthreads, till the moon returns
hold me like a paper lantern, hold me in the rain
hold me on the rooftop where the rain remembers our names
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