If You Could Still See Me

(whisper/clean, low reverb)

As soon as we are born, that marks the beginning of the end…

(growl, band slams in)

YOUR BEGINNING WAS NOT LONG ENOUGH!

I WISH I COULD SEND MYSELF, JUST TO SEE YOUR FACE!

(Blast beat kicks in)

TO FEEL… YOUR WARM EMBRACE!

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(soaring clean vocal)

Your time was too short, you never got to see

All the things I have done, the life I’ve yet to be.

(half-growl, layered screams behind)

I often think about what it would be like,

To show you my stories,

And all that’s yet to come!

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(clean vocal soaring, screams doubled)

If you could still see me, would you smile?

If you could still see me, would you say it’s all right?

(screamed)

TO HEAR YOUR VOICE! TO FEEL YOUR TOUCH!

(clean)

To see you again — that’s the dream that keeps me up at night.

If you could still see me… I WISH YOU WERE HERE!

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(screamed, double-kick gallop)

YOU WERE ALWAYS THE BEAM OF LIGHT,

ALWAYS RIGHT — SHINING BRIGHT!

The thought of you not here anymore

Brings a wound that won’t heal,

A scar I hold too tight!

(half-clean, haunting)

Others live life so easy, never knowing what they have…

(scream)

I LOST IT THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY!

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Would you agree? Would you listen? Would you understand?

(screamed gang vocals)

TELL ME IT’S OKAY!

(soaring clean)

But I will never have that again…

(scream drop)

ANOTHER SCAR I BEAR!

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(clean soaring, instruments full power)

If you could still see me, would you smile?

If you could still see me, would you say it’s all right?

(scream, with double kick & guitars sliding)

TO HEAR YOUR VOICE! TO FEEL YOUR TOUCH!

(clean, breaking)

To see you again — that’s the dream that keeps me up at night.

If you could still see me…

(scream/gang vocal)

I WISH YOU WERE HERE!

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(growl, low chugs, tempo slows)

Sometimes I wish the world would bury me…

Going forward feels like going back.

(screamed, open chugs, ride bell)

ALL I THINK ABOUT…

IS HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE!

(clean vocal, ambient guitars behind)

I hope you’re looking down on me,

I hope you’re proud, I hope you see the light.

(screamed, full band chaos)

THE SAME BRIGHT SHINE… YOU ALWAYS SAW!

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(clean soaring, anthem-like)

If you could still see me, would you smile?

If you could still see me, would you say it’s all right?

(screamed call/response)

TO HEAR YOUR VOICE! TO FEEL YOUR TOUCH! TO SEE YOU AGAIN!

(clean, breaking, almost spoken)

That’s the dream that keeps me up at night…

(screamed, gang vocals, chugging guitars)

IF YOU COULD STILL SEE ME… I WISH YOU WERE HERE!