Thru The Storm

(ooh-ooh-ooh) {lonely haunted

piano, clean guitar harmonics,

distant

rain, low

choir

pad, soft sub-bass, fragmented

vocal chops} The city held its breath tonight Glowing trembling in the

rain I saw our old reflection pass Then watched it disappear again

I used to think I needed proof That something real could ever

last Now I know some things can break And still be more

than what we had {intimate airy low-mid vocal,

close-mic'd piano, slow building sub-bass}

I don’t want to lose it

I don’t want to lie

But I can feel the morning

Trying to pull me to the light

{vocal swells, dream-rock guitars

building, snare rolls, rising strings}

When the lights go out

And there’s nothing left to run from I’ll be standing where the

storm was With your voice in my lungs When the lights go

out

I won’t beg the dark to save me You can haunt me,

you can break me But you’ll never take me under {huge wall

of sound, massive roomy toms,

soaring cathartic vocals, distorted ambient swells}

The rain keeps drawing on the glass Like it knows the words

I can’t I kept the pieces of the past In places no

one else would search But every wound becomes a door If you

survive it long enough And every song I couldn’t finish Was teaching

me to call your bluff

{rhythm drops to halftime kick-and-snare,

dark synth bass, clean delayed guitar}

I don’t want to lose it

I don’t want to lie

But I can feel the morning

Trying to pull me to the light {re-introducing heavy strings,

massive sub-bass, cathedral choir swells}

When the lights go out

And there’s nothing left to run from I’ll be standing where the

storm was With your voice in my lungs When the lights go

out

I won’t beg the dark to save me You can haunt me,

you can break me But you’ll never take me under {enormous cathartic

climax, huge heavy drums,

stacked guitars, orchestral brass,

choir peaking} Let the bells ring through the empty streets Let the

old world fall apart

I was made of every moment That tried to tear me from

my heart And if your name comes back like thunder I won’t

disappear beneath it I’ll turn the whole sky into music Till I

finally stop needing it {cinematic bells,

industrial distortion, sweeping strings,

thunderous drum fills}

When the lights go out

And there’s nothing left to run from

I’ll be standing where the storm was With your voice in my

lungs

When the lights go out

I won’t beg the dark to save me

You can haunt me,

you can break me But you’ll

never take me under

When the lights go out When the lights go out I’ll still

be here {maximum peak,

massive orchestral pop, heavy drums,

final epic held note on 'here'} After the noise,

I still hear you

After the noise, I still hear you

(I still hear you) {guitars and drums cut out,

lonely haunted piano, rain falling on pavement,

whispered final vocal fading into

dark silence}