“Waiting on a Dream”
Rock Ballad – Metal/Blues Fusion
Slide guitar, harmonica, acoustic & electric guitar, drums, synth pad
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[Intro – Solo Slide Guitar + Light Synth Pad]
(Slide guitar softly weeps, creating a haunting tone. Light synth swells in background.)
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(Verse 1 – Acoustic Guitar, Fingerpicked. Whispered Vocals.)
Gentle, raw, and vulnerable.
Waiting on a dream, shadows whisper your name,
The silence is screaming, and I’m shouldering the blame.
Where are you tonight? Just a ghost in my mind,
Reality slams me—like a hammer through time.
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(Verse 2 – Add Slide Guitar + Drums with Brushes)
Builds tension, adds movement and emotional depth.
Bleeding where you might be, but I still hold the line,
Your memory’s a dagger wrapped in velvet and wine.
I reach through the dark, but it cuts me too deep,
Every night I fall harder into a restless sleep.
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(Chorus – Full Band Enters: Distorted Guitars, Crashing Drums)
Big, emotional release. Powerful vocal delivery.
It takes time—
To bury the fire, to soften the sting,
To break every chain that your memory brings.
It takes time—
But I’m stuck in between,
Still waiting on a dream,
Still screaming unseen.
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(Verse 3 – Clean Electric Guitar + Deep Bass)
Return to intensity. Reverb-heavy vocals, moody tone.
Your echo is a storm that won’t let me breathe,
Each heartbeat’s a war—can’t find my reprieve.
I swore I was stronger, but I’m falling apart,
Reality hits me like a dart to the heart.
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(Bridge – Half-Time Feel, Eerie Synth + Harmonica Echoes)
Dark, introspective, haunting.
Why do we love at the edge of despair?
Why do we reach for what’s no longer there?
One more illusion, one final scream—
Still I wait, still I bleed for the dream.
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(Verse 4 – Slide Guitar Leads + Intense Drums)
Building again toward final explosion. Determined, gritty.
Time rolls like thunder, but I’m still on the ground,
A soldier of silence where no hope is found.
But if dreams are for fools, then I’ll wear the crown—
‘Cause I won’t stop waiting, till fate tears me down.
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(Chorus – Repeat with Full Power + Vocal Harmonies)
All-out emotion. Screaming guitar leads blend with soaring vocals.
It takes time—
To bury the fire, to soften the sting,
To break every chain that your memory brings.
It takes time—
But I’m stuck in between,
Still waiting on a dream,
Still burning unseen.
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(Outro – Fade Out with Harmonica + Slide Guitar + Soft Vocal Echoes)
Slow, painful fade. Harmonica plays final bend. Whispered vocals close it out.
Waiting on a dream…
And it's tearing at the seams…
But I still believe…
In the fire, in the dream.
Robert Ramage 
