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Cathode Rays and Better Days

V5.5

[Intro] [Analog Tape Hiss] [Clean Stratocaster Riff - Warm and Bluesy] [Groove kicks in - mid tempo] [Verse 1] [Dry Vocal] Blue light flickering on the living room wall... Cushions sinking under the weight of us all. The static dances across the screen... While the dog is dreaming on the rug in between. [Pre-Chorus] [Building Snare Roll] Pass the bowl... don't say a word. The best conversations are the ones left un-heard. [Chorus] [Full Band Crash - Wide Stereo] [Gravelly Baritone] THIS IS THE LIFE, I sup-pose! Yeah, we could use a whole lot more of those! [Warm Harmonies enter] Just burning the hours, catching the breeze... Give me more days... as good as these. [Verse 2] [Bass and Drum Focus] [Clean Verse] Volume is low on the late-night show. Nobody’s rushing, nowhere to go. Just the hum of the fridge and the glow of the tube. [Vocal Grit] Got nowhere to be, got nothing to prove. [Pre-Chorus] [Building Snare Roll] Pass the bowl... don't say a word. The best conversations are the ones left un-heard. [Chorus] [Full Band Crash - Wide Stereo] [Gravelly Baritone] THIS IS THE LIFE, I sup-pose! Yeah, we could use a whole lot more of those! [Warm Harmonies enter] Just burning the hours, catching the breeze... Give me more days... as good as these. [Guitar Solo] [Heavy Tube-Amp Guitar Solo - Expressive and bluesy] [Driving Hammond Organ underneath] [Bridge] [Drop to half-time feel] [Soft, close-mic vocal] Tomorrow brings the traffic... Tomorrow brings the grind... But right here in the cathode rays... [Powerful build] We're leaving the clock be-hind! [Chorus] [Full Band Crash - Wide Stereo] [Gravelly Baritone] THIS IS THE LIFE, I sup-pose! Yeah, we could use a whole lot more of those! [Warm Harmonies enter] Just burning the hours, catching the breeze... Give me more days... as good as these. [Outro] [Extended Outro Solo - Fading slowly] Yeah, days as good as these... Just click the remote... Turn it off. [Sudden Power Down Sound] [End]