Blue Bruise Anthem

{clean jangly electric guitar intro riff} {drums enter with light

hi-hat tap} {british singer humming casually} (mmmmm-hmm)

Woke up at noon to a purple shade

A quiet mark that the sidewalk made

I don't recall the final swing

Or who was shouting anything

{guitars slightly grittier} And my knee is stiff,

my pride is bent

Wondering where the evening went

(where'd it go?)

{build-up snare rolls} It's just a yellow-purple bruise on my leg From

a fight that I didn't want to win

Just a little reminder of the state I'm in

(oh yeah!) {explosive guitar

hook} Limping down to the corner shop

Avoiding glances, hoping the rain will stop

No crown of glory for the battle done

Just a colourful stain from a cheap setting sun

{grooving

bass-forward

rhythm} It's just a yellow-purple bruise on my leg From a fight

that I didn't want to win

Just a little reminder of the state I'm in

(the state

I'm in!) {loud crash cymbals} {tempo steady,

instrumentation thins to bass and drums} Sometimes you stand,

sometimes you fall

Sometimes you shouldn't have gone out at all

{guitar feedback swells} (ahhhh)

Just a bruise... on my leg...

(yeah, it'll fade away)

{clean guitar riff fades out over drum

beat} {final drum stick click}