When winter knocks upon our door...

[Tempo: 90 BPM] [Change Key: Am ; Bm modulation Verse 2]
[Quinto-Circle Harmony],[Build-up from Quiet to Loud ]

[Catchy Synth & Sax Intro]
[Warm pad synths, clean guitar riffs echo, Afrobeat percussion]
[Drum fill]

[Verse 1]
[Gravelly Lazy male vocal, Key: Am]
[Guitar licks embedded in the melody]
November nights are getting cold and grey (ad-lib: mmh...)
Can't pretend I don't see the light decay
You say nothing's really wrong somehow(ad-lib: Oh, yes, my love!)
But I can feel it slipping from us now
[Drum fill]

[Pre-Chorus]
Summer heat still lingers on (ad-lib: but I feel it...)
But autumn's waiting for the dawn
All those promises we swore (ad-lib: (ad-lib: mmh...)
Seem to matter nevermore
[Drum fill]

[Chorus - Duet]
[Female Soulful Lazy vocal] I was summer in your heart
[Gravelly Lazy Male vocal] You were fire from the start
[Both Duet Together] Now we're standing at the end
Of this love we can't defend
[Female Soulful Lazy vocal] Tell me why it has to break
[Gravelly Lazy Male vocal] Tell me why we can't remake
[Both Duet Together] Just one moment like before...
When winter knocks upon our door...
(When winter knocks upon our door...)

[Sax & Synth cool Interlude 1]
[Crescendo]
[Tone modulation]
[Drum fill]
[Change Key: Am ; Bm modulation]

[Verse 2]
[Gravelly Lazy Male vocal]
[Guitar licks embedded in the melody]
Remember driving with the top down low
Music loud, nowhere to go
Now I'm watching as the days grow thin (ad-lib: mmh...)
Waiting for the cold to begin
[Drum fill]

[Pre-Chorus]
[Both Duet Together]
Every sunset paints the past (ad-lib: oh, so fast...)
Like these happy times can't last
All those plans we threw away
Left to fade, fade away

[Chorus - Duet]
[Female Soulful Lazy vocal] I was summer in your heart
[Gravelly Lazy Male vocal] You were fire from the start
[Both Duet Together] Now we're standing at the end
Of this love we can't defend (ad-lib: mmh...)
[Female Soulful Lazy vocal] Tell me why it has to break
[Gravelly Lazy Male vocal] Tell me why we can't remake
[Both Duet Together] Just one moment like before...
When winter knocks upon our door...
(When winter knocks upon our door...)
[Drum fill]

[Breakdown]
[Stripped down - just vocals and light guitar]
[Female Soulful Lazy vocal] September rain on fading streets
[Gravelly Lazy Male vocal] October wind, the cold completes
[Both Duet Together] November frost will claim what's left (ad-lib: mmh...)
Of us, my love, of us
[Sax & Synth cool Interlude 2]
[Crescendo]
[Tone modulation Up]
[Drum fill]

[Bridge]
[Both Duet Together]
Maybe seasons have to change (ad-lib: maybe...)
Maybe love's not so estranged (ad-lib: mmh...)
That nothing beautiful can stay (ad-lib: Oh, yes, my love!)
But holding on feels right today
(But holding on feels right today)
[Drum fill]

[Final Chorus - Major Key]
[Female Soulful Lazy vocal] I was summer in your heart
[Gravelly Lazy Male vocal] You were fire from the start
[Both Duet Together] But maybe endings aren't the same
If we can keep this gentle flame
[Female Soulful Lazy vocal] Burning through the winter's chill
[Gravelly Lazy Male vocal] Burning with the memory still
[Both Duet Together] We'll remember how we felt... (ad-lib: mmh...)
When winter finally melt...
[Beautiful interlude on the saxophone with an echo]
[Drum fill]
[Outro]
[Guitar solo fading]
[Both Duet Together] We'll remember how we felt...(ad-lib: mmh...)
When winter finally melt...
[Both Duet Together] Just one moment like before...
When winter knocks upon our door...
(When winter knocks upon our door...)
[Knocking down the drums]
[Lush synths & Guitar reprise main mournful melody]
[End]