Unfinished Duets

[Verse 1]
You left your coat on the piano chair
A note half-written, hanging there
I learned your laugh, then learned its end
While another tune came round the bend

[Pre-Chorus]
Every name leaves a different key
Every goodbye keeps a part of me

[Chorus]
I keep two melodies in one chest
One says stay, one says forget
They turn and cross where the measures divide
Unfinished duets, with nowhere to hide
I try to resolve what we couldn't complete
But every new love changes the beat

[Verse 2]
Your coffee ring marks the kitchen page
A minor chord at the edge of the stage
Someone new hums a line in the hall
And the old one answers through the wall

[Pre-Chorus]
Every promise starts fresh and clear
Then the older harmonies gather near

[Chorus]
I keep two melodies in one chest
One says stay, one says forget
They turn and cross where the measures divide
Unfinished duets, with nowhere to hide
I try to resolve what we couldn't complete
But every new love changes the beat

[Bridge]
Maybe the clash is the shape of the truth
Each song keeps the room that it learned from you
No final chord can make them agree
Still both of them live in the same heart of me

[Final Chorus]
I keep these melodies in one chest
One says begin, one says rest
They turn and cross, then rise side by side
Unfinished duets, still open wide
I won't erase what we couldn't complete
I'll carry the songs that made room for the next beat

[Outro]
A page left open, a chair pulled near
Two quiet tunes, still turning here