Empty Rooms

{slow melodic electric guitar arpeggio,

clean tone with mild chorus,

spacious plate reverb, distant

warm bass note, no drums}

You packed your words and left the room

And turned your face away

An empty chair, a sudden chill

Nothing left to say {gentle rimshot snare,

slow bass line follows the guitar arpeggio} And it's a cold,

cold shoulder

Turning in the dark

Growing older, growing colder

As the fire loses its spark

(so cold) {guitars swell with subtle distortion,

full slow drum beat kicks in} The hallway holds a hollow sound

Of footsteps that are gone

I trace the outline of your shadow

Waiting for the dawn

{drums drop back to light rimshot,

guitar returns to clean arpeggio}

How do I

fill the space you left behind?

How do I

heal this quiet in my mind?

{guitars build with a

crying slide melody, bass runs,

drum fills}

Under your cold,

cold shoulder

Turning in the dark

Growing older, growing colder

As the fire loses its spark (ahhhh)

{full band

peak emotional release, crying guitar chords}

Just a cold shoulder...

(hummmm) {instruments slowly fade,

leaving only a single

clean guitar arpeggio decaying

in reverb}