[title: Annabel Lee] [bpm: 78] [key: F# minor] [style: Symphonic progressive rock • Kansas energy • theatrical male vocal • soaring harmonies • violin + guitar dual leads • big tom/snare arena drums • heroic chorus • extended emotional guitar solo outro] [instrument_control: orchestral_strings_in_chorus violin_lead_melodies_interwoven_with_guitar acoustic_guitar_subtle_in_verses electric_guitars_bright_and_clean_before_the_solo big_overdrive_in_solo wide_three_part_harmonies_in_chorus heavy_bass_lockstep_with_kick no_synth_arpeggios no_psychedelic_effects extended_emotional_outro_guitar_solo ] [Verse 1] It was many and many a year ago By the restless midnight sea Where a maiden lived whom I loved so My lost Annabel Lee And we loved with a love that was more than love A love the angels feared to see Chilled by the wind from a darkened cloud They stole my Annabel Lee [Chorus] Annabel Lee Still calling out from the waves Annabel Lee No grave can keep you from me [Verse 2] The moon never rises without her face The stars never shine without her eyes The kingdom of night took her from my arms But the echo never dies And I lie down by her tomb each night Where the breakers meet the shore Till the sea gives back what the cold wind stole And we’re separate nevermore [Chorus] Annabel Lee Still calling out from the waves Annabel Lee No grave can keep you from me [Bridge • dramatic and quiet] The wind… The cloud… The jealous angels… Calling down… (Where is she? Where is she?) [Solo Section • violin + guitar trade leads] (Instrumental only — no vocals) [Final Verse • powerful but intimate] And so in the silence, I lie beside My love in her kingdom of sand The sea in my dreams is the door between And she reaches out her hand [Final Chorus • huge and heroic] Annabel Lee Still calling out from the waves Annabel Lee No grave can keep you from me [Outro Solo • extended • emotional • bend-heavy] (long, soaring electric guitar solo to the end)
