[Intro] [Verse 1] [Singer takes a deep audible breath] (Slowly, with vocal fry) The clock on the wall... doesn't tick like it used to. Every second feels like a mile. [sigh] I look at your picture... sitting on the counter... And I haven't seen that frame in a while. [Bridge to Chorus] [Music dynamic drops very low, just a soft piano] [Catch Breath] But the ghost of your laughter... Yeah, it still fills the room. [Chorus] [Full band explodes, ] (Belting, passionate, stretching the vowels) And I’m standard in the rain... holding on to the flame! Oh, this smoke in my lungs... it calls out your name! [Belting high note] But the fire is gone... [vocal crack] Yeah, the fire is gone. [Post-Chorus] [Verse 2] (Near spoken-word, very intimate) I walked down to Main Street... past the old café. Where we used to argue... about nothing at all. [Short guitar lick fills the gap] Funny how the small things... become the biggest shadows... When the night starts to fall. [Chorus] [Full band back in, ] (Stretching the words, emotional delivery) And I’m standing in the rain... holding on to the flame! Oh, this smoke in my lungs... it calls out your name! But the fire is gone... Yeah, the fire is gone. (Spoken word into mic): "You guys still with me tonight?" [Crowd roars] [Verse 3] [Music builds back up slowly] (Whispered close to the mic) Time is a healer... or so they all say. But time is just a thief... stealing days away. [Catch Breath] Stealing... you... away. [Guitar Solo - Part 3] [Blazing, emotional ] [Climax Chorus] [Maximum volume, full band, choir backing vocals join] (Screaming with soul, maximum power) And I’m standing in the rain!! (Holding on!) Holding on to the flame!! (To the flame!) Oh, this smoke in my lungs... IT CALLS OUT YOUR NAME! But the fire... is... GONE! [Hold the note for 10 seconds] Oh, the fire is gone... [Outro] [Band instantly stops, only a ringing ] [Singer breathes heavily into the mic] (Softly, acapella) Just... echoes... in the smoke. [Fades out over 30 seconds]
