[Intro: Soft, Dreamy, Spacious, Clean Guitar with Spring Reverb, 65 BPM, 6/8 time, warm tube saturation] [Instrumental - 16 bars, tremolo picking, distant analog delay, restrained drums with brushes] [Verse 1: Soft, Melancholic Vocals, 6/8, 70 BPM, intimate] Stardust on your window You never looked outside Spinning in a silence That you call peace of mind The sky is full of warnings Written in the light But you hum a lullaby To the end of time [Pre-Chorus: Tense, Building, 4/4, 85 BPM, tom rolls shifting accents, bass becomes distorted] Can you feel it turning? Can you hear it crack? [Chorus: Heavy, Distorted Riff Enters, 7/8 time, 120 BPM, aggressive vocals with harmony] How long can you close your eyes before you go blind? How long can you count the days that you left behind? [Post-Chorus: Sudden Drop, 5/4, 90 BPM, Syncopated, clean twang guitar lead] [Instrumental - intricate drum fills, punchy kick, sharp snare, melodic Fender lead] [Verse 2: Dreamy but Uneasy, 4/4 to 6/8 shifting, 75 BPM, half-whispered] Neon prophets preaching In a shopping shrine You bought another future That was never thine The oceans keep on rising While you check the price Of a dream that’s already Running out of time [Pre-Chorus 2: Rising Tension, Crescendo, 7/8, 110 BPM, adding distortion] The echo's getting louder... The stars are turning red... [Chorus: Full Band Heavy, 7/8 to 4/4, 135 BPM, explosive progressive rock, gang shouts] How long can you close your eyes before you go blind? How long can you close your eyes before you go blind? [Breakdown: Dramatic Stop, then Whisper to Scream, 5/4, 60 BPM, everything stops except clean guitar + heartbeat kick] [Silence - 2 beats] [Soft, Broken, Emotional Vocal] How long can you ignore the world... [Pause - 1 bar of silence] [SCREAM - Full Distortion, Tempo Jumps to 145 BPM, 4/4, heavy riff, deep toms] ...before it kills you?! [Instrumental Bridge: Long Progressive Passage, 6/8 -> 7/8 -> 5/4, 100-140 BPM tempo changes, vintage twang solo with spring reverb over heavy riffs, psychedelic] [Instrumental - 32 bars, trading soft/hard, unexpected stops, intricate fills] [Bridge: Suddenly Calm, Spacious, Atmospheric, 6/8, 65 BPM, clean vocals with analog warmth, only guitar and soft pad] We were only dreaming With our eyes wide open We were only sleeping While the sky was broken [Final Chorus: Massive Climax, 4/4, 140 BPM, wall of sound, melodic leads screaming] How long can you close your eyes before you go blind?! How long can you ignore the world before it kills you?! [Outro: Spacious, Dreamy, 70 BPM, 6/8, slow fade, clean twang guitar, distant reverb tails, analog warmth] [Instrumental - Let last chord ring with spring reverb for 8 bars, stars fading] We closed our eyes... ...and the world was gone.
