Verse 1: The Golden Age
(Tempo: Medium, Acoustic guitar and light drums, bright and hopeful)
Sunrise on the suburbs, the world was a clean slate
Every plan I whispered felt touched by fate
High school hero, graduation grin
Thought the race was over before the challenge could begin.
Yeah, I had the scholarships, the handshakes, and the nod
A perfect trajectory, blessed by some higher god.
We drank cheap beer on asphalt, felt the future in our bones
Never thought the road ahead would be paved with silent stones.
I was Teflon-coated, baby, built to withstand the fall
Didn't know the trick to life is just answering the call.
Oh, the promise of the morning, when the map was colored gold
Every story felt like mine, a legend to be told.
I was running on pure fire, high on the mountain peak
I had everything I wanted, I just hadn't learned to seek.
But the air was thin up there, and the vision was too fast
The perfect life is built to break, it's never meant to last.
Fast forward fifteen years, the shine began to fade
The victories were hollow, the promises betrayed.
The corner office felt like a cage lined with velvet and steel
Chasing the wrong hunger, forgot how to truly feel.
My phone was always ringing, but the silence was the worst
Living for the Friday, dying of an endless thirst.
I pushed away the sunlight, chose the shadow of the bar
A human monument to how far you can fall from a star.
The mirror showed a stranger, a caricature of me
Just waiting for the closing bell to set the darkness free.
Oh, the chaos of the midnight, when the colors turned to gray
Every choice became a shovel, digging me away.
I was running on pure fear now, stuck in the valley deep
I lost everything I wanted, 'cause I was too blind to keep.
The air was thick down there, and the shadow was too vast
The broken life is hard to fix, but it's built to truly last.
Then you walked in, just a whisper in the smoke
You didn't fix the damage, but you heard the words I spoke.
You didn't bring a ladder, you just sat down on the ground
And showed me that the peace I needed wasn't something to be found,
It was something you create, block by humble, honest block
You held the key to the future, but you only let me turn the lock.
You saw the broken pieces and you said, "That's how the light gets in."
You told me redemption isn't the finish line, it's where the good life begins.
Oh, the glory of this morning, where the map is drawn in love
A strength I never knew, sent down from far above.
I'm running on true passion, rising from the valley floor
I finally found what I needed, and I don't have to seek no more.
'Cause the air is clear with you, and the vision is so true
The real life is the one you share, the one I built with you.
No more running on empty...
Just answering the call...
Yeah, I learned the trick to life...
It's just answering your call.
(Final guitar strum fades out.)
Raquan