We’ll Ride Again

[Verse 1]
Two kids on a busted Harley
Rust and rain on the old back lane
You laughed like the world was tiny
Said
“One day
We’ll outrun this pain”
Kev
You were my wild-eyed guardian
Bruised knuckles
Softest heart I’ve known
From scraped knees to my first heartbreak
You were the one who got me home
[Chorus]
We’ll ride again
Past every bad choice
Every dead end
Through the dark roads you went down
My friend
I’ll keep your name
Right here in the thunder of my chest
‘Cause you loved us with whatever you had left
Brother
When this broken body bends
We’ll ride again
[Verse 2]
Elaine held your shaking fingers
Kids drawing suns by your bedside chair
You cracked some crooked little joke
Just to cut right through the fear in there
K.T. sitting quiet in the corner
Too much story sitting in his eyes
We all knew the cost of living hard
But we were never good at long goodbyes
[Chorus]
We’ll ride again
Past every bad choice
Every dead end
Through the dark roads you went down
My friend
I’ll keep your name
Right here in the thunder of my chest
‘Cause you loved us with whatever you had left
Brother
When this broken body bends
We’ll ride again
[Bridge]
[Band drops
Organ swells
Gospel hums soft]
You said
“Don’t you drown in my sorrow
Don’t you waste one mile on regret
Just put my jacket on the backseat
Tell the kids I’m not done yet”
You’ll be there in every sunrise
In the roar that chases rain
In the quiet when I’m praying
I can almost hear you say
[Chorus]
(Ohh) We’ll ride again
Choir:
We’ll ride again
Past every bad choice
Every dead end
Through the dark roads you went down
My friend
(Down, my friend)
I’ll keep your name
Right here in the thunder of my chest
‘Cause you loved us with whatever you had left
Brother
When this broken body bends
We’ll ride again
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
We’ll ride again
With you in the wind and in the flame
Every mile I take
I speak your name
I’ll keep your name
Held in every story that I tell
To Elaine
The kids
K.T. as well
Till I see you on that road around the bend
We’ll ride again
(We’ll ride again, we’ll ride again)

Big ‘90s power ballad energy with male vocals, slow build from gentle clean guitar and piano into soaring full-band arrangement. First verse intimate and hushed; chorus explodes with stacked harmonies and wide drums. Guitar solo in the middle climbs from lyrical bends to a cathartic wail. Final chorus adds a full gospel choir, organ swells, and tom-driven fills, ending on a held vocal note and echoing guitars., ballad, gospel