Lyric

I folded my hands in the dark

Where the quiet kept your name

The room was only breath and wood

And a lamp that burned the same

Your shadow sat beside my chair

Like a letter I could not send

I sang your hurt into the floor

And asked the night to bend

Then the horn came softly through

Like a ribbon on the air

It lifted all I could not say

And left it trembling there

Flugelhorn prayer

Carry me there

Flugelhorn prayer

Hold what I can't bear

Flugelhorn prayer

Soft and clear

Flugelhorn prayer

Stay right here

I watched the glass on the piano

Catch the moon and break it slow

Every note became a small white boat

On a river I don't know

If I leave, let it be gentle

Let my footsteps fade to lace

Let the sorrow in my throat

Turn to mercy in your place

Then the horn came softly through

Like a ribbon on the air

It lifted all I could not say

And left it trembling there

Flugelhorn prayer

Carry me there

Flugelhorn prayer

Hold what I can't bear

Flugelhorn prayer

Soft and clear

Flugelhorn prayer

Stay right here

If this is the last light

Let it be warm

Let the cello cradle

What the storm has worn

I will not beg the dawn

I will not run

I will lay my burden down

Till it weighs none

Flugelhorn prayer

Carry me there

Flugelhorn prayer

Hold what I can't bear

Flugelhorn prayer

Soft and clear

Flugelhorn prayer

Stay right here

Flugelhorn prayer

One last time

Flugelhorn prayer

Make me fine