[Verse 1] Your jacket’s still there On the back of my chair Coffee cup Cold Lip line Ghost on the rim I scroll through our jokes Can’t hit “erase” Every picture a punch Every memory a blade [Chorus] I’m still screaming your name at the ceiling Till my throat turns rust and my lungs burn out You were thunder in my veins Now I’m bleeding Through the silence Through the doubt You’re the song I can’t stop hearing But the stage lights all went out [Verse 2] We swore we’d grow old In the back row Laughing Now your birthday Is a date I just survive I talk like you’re late Like you’re stuck in traffic But the truth is a truck That hit and left me alive [Chorus] I’m still screaming your name at the ceiling Till my throat turns rust and my lungs burn out You were thunder in my veins Now I’m bleeding Through the silence Through the doubt You’re the song I can’t stop hearing But the stage lights all went out [Bridge] Why’d you leave your boots By the front door stairs Like you’d crash in tonight Drop your keys Pull my hair (hey) If there’s some backstage beyond this pain Kick that door down Call my name [Chorus] I’m still screaming your name at the ceiling Till my throat turns rust and my lungs burn out You were thunder in my veins Now I’m bleeding Through the silence Through the doubt You’re the song I can’t stop hearing But the stage lights all went out [Outro] [Music drops to acoustic guitar and piano] So I set one chair And an empty plate Say the lines you loved Stay up too late If you’re somewhere near In the dark In the air Sing along Sing along To the hurt we share (ooh) Every night I play this part ’Til your echo fills my heart

rock, Epic metal ballad: male vocals over slow, crushing half-time riffs that build into thrash/speed-metal double-time sections. Verses ride chugging palm-muted guitars and tom-heavy drums, chorus opens with soaring chords and gang-style harmonies. Mid-song extended dual-guitar solo section evolves from melodic bends to rapid-fire shred runs. Final minute strips down to acoustic guitar and soft piano, voice dropping to an intimate near-whisper, then one last ringing chord., acoustic, ballad, metal, speed metal, thrash metal, hard rock

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