[INTRO — DEEP, BROKEN RADIO VOICE] For Lenitses — and for those we never stop missing Some people leave... And leave behind a silence so wide that even time can't fill the space. But sometimes... a guitar starts crying. And for a moment... it feels like they're back again. [DRUMS KICK IN — DIRTY, HEAVY RIFF — 138 BPM] [VERSE 1] There's an empty chair that no one wants to claim, there are stories left unfinished, and words we never got to say. Old photographs are waiting, there's a laugh in every room, and memories come alive again when the amps begin to boom. They say that time will heal you, teach you how to carry on, but some names are never forgotten, even when you can't speak them out loud. And the world keeps on turning like nothing ever went wrong, but some absences cut so deeply where the heart keeps beating on. [PRE-CHORUS — RESTRAINED GUITAR, RASPY VOCALS] And if tonight a song brings back the one you miss for just a while, don't close your eyes, don't turn away... Let the feeling have its time. [CHORUS — SHOUTED, PUB-STYLE GANG VOCALS] WHILE MY GUITAR STILL PLAYS, HIS LIGHT WILL NEVER DIE! WHILE THERE'S A MEMORY LEFT, HE'LL BE LIVING DEEP INSIDE! Let the amplifiers shake the walls, let the whole damn night hear his voice! Some people never really leave us, they live in the hearts that loved them all! WHILE MY GUITAR STILL PLAYS, THERE'S A PLACE FOR HIM RIGHT HERE! Though time may close the doors on us... SOME MEMORIES NEVER DISAPPEAR! [MAIN RIFF — SATURATED BASS, DRY, PUNCHY DRUMS] [VERSE 2] I don't know his story, or the songs that made him feel alive, the nights you spent together, or the words you left behind. But I know when you hear me singing, something stirs beneath the pain, cause there's music that can reach the places words can't ever explain. And if these songs can bring you closer to the one you're longing for, I'll leave my guitar wide open like an old and welcoming door. I won't promise to defeat death, or sell you comforting lies. I just know that while we remember, what we lived will never die. [PRE-CHORUS — SNARE BUILD, RISING GUITARS] Don't let anybody tell you that you've got to let him go. Some loves just change their shape, my friend, but never leave us on our own. [CHORUS — BIGGER, LOUDER, DOUBLE GUITARS] WHILE MY GUITAR STILL PLAYS, HIS LIGHT WILL NEVER DIE! WHILE THERE'S A MEMORY LEFT, HE'LL BE LIVING DEEP INSIDE! Let the amplifiers shake the walls, let the whole damn night hear his voice! Some people never really leave us, they live in the hearts that loved them all! WHILE MY GUITAR STILL PLAYS, THERE'S A PLACE FOR HIM RIGHT HERE! Though time may close the doors on us... SOME MEMORIES NEVER DISAPPEAR! [BRIDGE — DISTORTION FADES, DEEP INTIMATE RADIO VOICE] This song doesn't know his name... But it knows somebody loved him. It doesn't know your whole story... But it understands what it means to miss somebody. And if these words tonight bring a tear into your eyes... Don't hide it. Sometimes crying is just another way of saying thank you... For having shared a life. [EXPLOSION — LONG, DIRTY, BLUES-DRIVEN GUITAR SOLO] [FINAL CHORUS — FULL BAND, DOUBLE GUITARS, SHOUTED BACKING VOCALS] WHILE MY GUITAR STILL PLAYS, HIS LIGHT WILL NEVER DIE! LET THE WHOLE DAMN NIGHT HEAR IT, LET IT ECHO THROUGH THE SKY! For the ones missing from the table, for the ones who won't return, for the footprints that they left us, for the fires that still burn! WHILE MY GUITAR STILL PLAYS, HIS MEMORY WILL STAND! TONIGHT THIS SONG BELONGS TO HIM, THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW WHO HE WAS! [OUTRO — HEAVY RIFF, FINAL DRUM HIT] [RAFAEL — DEEP, RASPY SPOKEN VOICE] This one's for you, Lenitses... And for the one you miss so much. Tonight... this guitar plays for him, too. [PAUSE — AMPLIFIER HUM] Long live rock and roll... And the memories that never die. [FINAL CHORD — LET THE AMPLIFIER RING INTO SILENCE]
