This is an alternate version that sounds a lot more like Rustwire, but I ended up going with a distinctly DIFFERENT sound for the published album. It reminded me a bit of Roy Orbison, if you've heard both versions, which would you have gone with ? [Verse 1] Used to play you on repeat In the backroom of my brain You were lines I couldn’t edit You were thunder in my veins Now the reel don’t run that story Now the lights don’t catch your face You're a ghost I cut for pacing You're a name I can’t replace [Pre-Chorus] You had a hold, I gave it up Cut the frame, no second cut [Chorus] You’re not even a memory You're a scene I left on the floor Just a whisper in the credits A silence I don't mourn no more You were stormclouds in my skyline Now you're just a missing beat I don't dream, I don't rewind You're a cold, deleted scene [Verse 2] Used to ache for one more take Used to beg the reel to roll Now the screen is mine to color And I don't cast you in that role All that drama, all that smoke Doesn’t play the way it seemed I found peace behind the curtain You were never worth the theme [Pre-Chorus] You had a grip, I let it go Cut the line and stole the show [Chorus] You’re not even a memory You're a scene I left on the floor Just a whisper in the credits A silence I don't mourn no more You were stormclouds in my skyline Now you're just a missing beat I don't dream, I don't rewind You're a cold, deleted scene [Guitar Solo / Instrumental Break] [blues-fuzz solo, rising with brass swells and backing gospel-style “oohs”] [Drop to bass & drums only. Sparse, pulsing. Then rebuild.] [Bridge – Spoken/Sung with swagger] No retakes, no reruns No spotlight left to steal You were fiction dressed as fire But baby—none of it was real [Final Chorus – Full Energy] You’re not even a memory You're a scene I left on the floor Not a line worth remembering Not a love worth fighting for You were noise beneath the surface Now I breathe so sharp, so clean I don’t dream, I don’t rewind You're a cold— Deleted Scene
