Intro (Clean guitars → distant harmonies)
(Clean arpeggios, minor key, slowly building)
A clock ticks loud in hollow halls
Echoes crawl along the walls
Your shadow sits behind the kit
Silent hands… refuse to hit
(Drums crash in, twin guitars harmonize)
Verse 1
Midnight screams inside my skull
Broken vows, a life half-pulled
We chased the fire, we chased the crown
Never thought you’d be the one cut down
Blood on strings, the stage still warm
Lightning struck without a storm
I hear your laugh between the snares
But every beat reminds me you’re not there
Pre-Chorus
I prayed to gods I never knew
To trade my breath for one from you
Now every song’s a funeral march
Played by ghosts inside my heart
Chorus
Sleep now, drummer of the damned
Guide us with your broken hands
We’ll scream your name into the night
Turn our sorrow into fight
This nightmare never fades away
We live, but you’re the price we pay
Through fire, pain, and shattered dreams
You live forever in the beat
Verse 2
Sirens sing in minor keys
Fame don’t beg, it only bleeds
We fed the monster, fed the lie
Till heaven asked for you, not I
Metronome still counts you in
One last roll beneath the skin
Every fill you’ll never play
Hits like thunder anyway
Pre-Chorus 2
Your throne is carved in broken wood
From all the nights we misunderstood
If hell exists, we’ve walked it twice
Once for love, once for the price
Chorus
Sleep now, drummer of the damned
Crowned by fate we can’t command
We’ll carve your soul into the sound
Let every song resurface you from the ground
This nightmare never fades away
We bleed to keep your light awake
Through rage, regret, and shattered seams
You live forever in the beat
Bridge (Progressive / Theatrical Shift)
(Half-time groove → dual guitar solos, harmonized)
Was it destiny or our design?
Too much fire, too little time
If guilt could kill, I’d join you there
But pain demands I stay and stare
(Breakdown – heavy, chugging riffs)
COUNT IT IN
ONE LAST TIME
Breakdown Vocals (Aggressive)
This is for the nights we lost control
For every scar etched in our souls
You fell so we could finally see
The cost of immortality
Solo Section
(Twin-guitar harmonies, NWOBHM-inspired melodies, emotional bends)
Final Chorus (Key change / Bigger)
Sleep now, brother, rest your bones
We’ll carry you through flesh and stone
Every crowd, every scream
Still moves to your machine
This nightmare shaped who we became
Forged in grief, baptized in flame
We march ahead, but never free
You live forever in the beat
Outro (Clean → Distorted Fade)
(Clean guitars return, distant tom hits echo)
The stage is dark, the lights burn low
But every rhythm whispers: go
Not goodbye… just out of sight
We’ll meet again beyond the lights
(Final cymbal swell, feedback fades)
