If Love Forgets

Intro - [soft, bass only]*
Mm… if love forgets… then I won’t

*Verse 1*
Paris rain on a Johannesburg night
I’m in a room that still remembers your light
You left no note, just the shape of your coat
And a question hanging from every chord I wrote

*Pre-Chorus*
Mon amour, tell me honestly now
Was it fate we touched, or just borrowed time somehow
I’m not a young man who begs at the door
But my voice grows low when it speaks your name once more

*Chorus*
If love forgets, then let me remember for two
Every promise whispered, every “always” we knew
I’ll sing it soft like Warwick in blue
With Aznavour’s ache in every note I give to you
If love forgets, my bass won’t let it go
I’ll carry our song where the quiet rivers flow

*Verse 2 - [Charles only, full French]*
_Je marche seul dans les rues de notre histoire_
_Chaque pavé garde l’empreinte de ta gloire_
_Les cafés ferment, mais ma mémoire veille_
_Elle garde ton rire comme une vieille bouteille_
_Sans toi, Paris n’est qu’une carte postale_
_Et mon cœur, un théâtre où tu n’es plus la star_
_Je t’aime encore, avec ce désespoir doux_
_Qui fait chanter les hommes comme moi, pour vous_

*Post-Chorus*
La la… don’t let it fade
La la… on the notes we made
Bass remembers what the heart can’t say

*Verse 3*
I’ve sung in rooms where no one knew my name
Watched lovers leave and watched the candles wane
But none of them taught me how to let you go
You’re the only song my silence wants to know

*Pre-Chorus 2*
So I’m asking quiet, like a prayer in the dark
If you hear this tenor, let it leave a mark
I’m too old for games, too young to pretend
That I could write an ending where we don’t begin again

*Chorus x2*
If love forgets, then let me remember for two
Every promise whispered, every “always” we knew
I’ll sing it soft like Warwick in blue
With Aznavour’s ache in every note I give to you
If love forgets, my bass won’t let it go
I’ll carry our song where the quiet rivers flow

*Bridge - spoken/sung*
They say time heals, ma chérie, but time lies
It only teaches the heart new ways to cry
***_ _Je n’ai plus d’âge, je n’ai plus de raison_
_Si ce n’est celui d’aimer ton nom_
Je reste ici, un homme sans fierté
Dis-moi encore que je suis tout pour toi[Charles]

*Breakdown*
Just piano + voice…
If love… forgets…
_**_ _Reviens-moi…_
Then let me be the memory it keeps[Charles][whisper]

*Final Chorus - [tenor lifts, bass holds]*
If love forgets, let this tenor recall
The way you said my name when the night air would fall
Dionne taught me grace, Charles taught me truth
So I’ll love you like both, like only I could do

*[Charles - closing French]*
_Reviens-moi, mon amour, reviens encore_
_Sans toi, ma voix n’est qu’un écho qui meurt*

*Outro - [bass fades]*
If love forgets… I won’t… I won’t…

French Soul, French Romantic, Dreamy, Sentimental, French Female Vocals, French Male Vocals, French Harmonized Vocals, Multilingual Vocals, French Horn, Accordion, Slow (66-76 BPM)