Armand l'Enchanté - Fault Lines Lyrics

[Intro]
Scattered sheet music on the floor
Perfect notes don't mean a damn thing anymore
The brass is wailing like it knows my pain
While Sophie's ghost still haunts this empty stage

[Verse 1]
Technical precision, that's what they all said
But Henri's words are screaming in my head
"Where's your soul behind those perfect scales?
Your metronome heart's bound to fail"

[Chorus]
Damn these golden rules I've known so well
My structured world's gone straight to hell
Jazz ain't mathematics, that's what they say
While my perfectly tuned world just slips away

[Verse 2]
Sophie played that last note, then she was gone
Left me here to face this truth alone
That trumpet phrase still hanging in the air
Like all these questions that I cannot bear

[Bridge]
The rhythm's breaking down, just like my pride
These polished shoes can't dance, these notes can't hide
The cracks are showing through my masquerade
As every perfect measure starts to fade

[Chorus]
Damn these golden rules I've known so well
My structured world's gone straight to hell
Jazz ain't mathematics, that's what they say
While my perfectly tuned world just slips away

[Outro]
So let it all fall down, let chaos reign
These broken rhythms mirror all my pain
'Cause now I know what Henri meant that day
When structure falls, the soul finds its way