            
[Piano & Guitar Prelude]
Soft echoes in the faded hall
Distant steps, a memory’s call
September carries something cold
Old regrets I never told

[Intro]
Moon is rising through the blue
Thin light slipping into view
Hands on keys, a faded tune
Only memories in this room

[Intro]
Moon is rising through the blue
Thin light slipping into view
Hands on keys, a faded tune
Only memories in this room

[Verse 1]
Late September, gentle hush
Air as fragile as a brush
Shadows scatter on the floor
Tracing lines I traced before
Lost in stories past and gone
Whispered faces linger on

[Chorus]
A harsh mistress is the moon
She steals away the night so soon
Cold reflection on my room
A harsh mistress is the moon

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, the silver face above
Oh, oh, the moon I never loved

[Verse 2]
She waits beyond the windowpane
Tide and time within her reign
Promises you can't attain
She laughs at lovers lost in vain

[Pre-Chorus]
I reach for answers in the pale
All the secrets turn to veils

[Chorus]
A harsh mistress is the moon
She steals away the night so soon
Cold reflection on my room
A harsh mistress is the moon

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, the silver face above
Oh, oh, the moon I never loved

[Bridge]
Empty street and softened sound
A drifting shadow spinning round
Midnight stories on the ground
Longing but never found

[Chorus]
A harsh mistress is the moon
She steals away the night so soon
Cold reflection on my room
A harsh mistress is the moon

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, the silver face above
Oh, oh, the moon I never loved

[Outro]
Shadows linger on the sill
Midnight light that never will
Answer questions whisper thin
Just silence settling in

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, the silver face above
Oh, oh, the moon I never loved
Oh, oh, drifting further too soon
A harsh mistress is the moon

[Coda]
Curtain falls on pale design
Lingering questions cross that line
Night retreats without a sound
She’s still watching, looking down

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, fading out of view
Oh, oh, the moon remains cruel
Oh, oh, shadows gone too soon
A harsh mistress is the moon
