We’ll Ride Again

[Verse 1]
You left your boots by the back door
Key still stuck in the lock
Half-warm can on the counter
Game froze on the final shot
Laugh lines deep as the potholes
Stories I still taste on my tongue
Same old barstool kingdom
You burned out while we were young
[Chorus]
We’ll ride again
On an endless highway
Where the sky don’t close
And the road runs straight
No last call
No slow fade in
Keep a place in the wind for me
My friend
We’ll ride again
Yeah
We’ll ride again
[Verse 2]
You’d roar up late every Sunday
Leather creak
That crooked grin
Say
“One more round for the heartbreaks”
Then drown the hurt back in
You joked you were “marinated”
I laughed so I wouldn’t cry
Didn’t know that rust in your laughter
Was saying a long goodbye
[Pre-Chorus]
I cursed your poison
I cursed your pride
Still I’d give up a year
For one more reckless ride
[Chorus]
We’ll ride again
On an endless highway
Where the sky don’t close
And the road runs straight
No last call
No slow fade in
Keep a place in the wind for me
My friend
We’ll ride again
We’ll ride again
[Bridge]
[Harley engine slowly revs underneath the vocal
Growing louder
Then fading into a low rumble]
I hear that thunder in the distance
Swear I feel you at my back
Every mile marker
Every sunrise
You’re the shadow on the track
[Muted gospel choir humming soft chords]
You were broken
You were stubborn
You were mine to love
Not save
So I’ll raise one glass to the good days
Then lay the rest down at your grave
[Chorus]
[Gospel choir enters
Call-and-response]
We’ll ride again (we’ll ride again)
On an endless highway (highway)
Where the sky don’t close (no, it don’t close)
And the road runs straight
No last call (no last call)
No slow fade in
Keep a place in the wind for me
My friend
We’ll ride again (we’ll ride again)
We’ll ride again
[Instrumental]
[Soaring guitar solo over chorus chords
Choir holding long “ahh” harmonies]
[Outro]
When my motor finally quiets
And they say my journey’s through
I’ll come looking for that laughter
Hear you say
“Been waitin’ on you”
Kick the stand up
Crack that smile
Let the old roads start to bend
Side by side
Dust to dust
We’ll ride again
We’ll ride again

Big 80s power ballad arc with male vocals: clean electric guitar and piano in the verses, swelling into wide distorted guitars and tom-heavy drums on the chorus. Mid-song searing guitar solo over modulating chords, then a breakdown with organ and full gospel choir lifting the final refrain. Stadium reverb, stacked harmonies, motorcycle FX riser into the last chorus., ballad, gospel