**"Paradise Island"
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### **[INTRO – Haunting Clean Guitars, Ocean Sounds]**
*(Echoing, slow bends like waves crashing)*
*"Far... away... from the chains..."* *(Whispered, reverb-drenched)*
### **[VERSE 1]**
*The city’s just a graveyard,*
*With neon for a shroud…*
*A million broken voices,*
*But nobody hears ‘em loud…*
*(Pre-Chorus Build – Drums Kick In)*
*They trade their hearts for poison,*
*Swear it tastes like wine…*
*But I’d rather drown in freedom,*
*Than rot here on the line!*
### **[CHORUS – HUGE MELODIC HOOK]**
*(Clean, anthemic, fists in the air)*
**"TAKE ME TO PARADISE ISLAND!!**
*Where the sky melts into the sea!*
**No judges, no crowns,**
*Just the wild and me!"*
*(Screamed ad-lib: **"NO RULES—JUST THE STORM!"**)*
### **[VERSE 2 – Swaggering Riffs (Lynyrd Skynyrd Meets Metallica)]**
*I sold my guilt for thunder,*
*My prayers for a sail…*
*Let the hypocrites kneel,*
*I’ll ride the hurricane!*
*(Pre-Chorus 2 – Half-Time Groove)*
*The devil’s in the chapel,*
*The saints are on TV…*
*So bury me in the tide,*
*Where the waves are all I need!*
### **[CHORUS x2 – Gang Vocals, Richer Harmonies]**
*(Repeat, but with layered vocals, more urgency)*
### **[SOLO]**
*(Starts with smoky, wah-soaked licks… builds to frenetic tapping)*
### **[BRIDGE – Doom Stomp + Psychedelic Breakdown]**
*(Sludgy riff, then spacey clean guitars)*
*"I’ve seen the end… in the eyes of the blind…*
*Their paradise… is a gilded lie…*
*But the ocean… never lies…"*
*(Growled whisper: **"The island… breathes…")***
### **[FINAL CHORUS – Full Orchestra, Grit + Glory]**
*(Strings swell, choirs blast)*
**"PARADISE ISLAND!!**
*Where the lost ones come alive!*
**No masters, no slaves,**
*Just the fire in the sky!"*
*(Screamed: **"I’M NEVER GOING BACK!")***
### **[OUTRO – Triumphant Jam (Think Zeppelin’s "Achilles Last Stand")]**
*(Dueling guitars, drums build to crescendo… then sudden drop to acoustic)*
*(Last line, raspy and raw:)*
*"The island… was inside me… all along."*
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Hedgereaper
