[Short Intro - 102 BPM, dreamy and nostalgic, clean chorus-soaked guitars, distant e-bow textures, warm bass] [Verse 1 - reflective, chiming guitars, melodic bass movement, restrained drums, intimate vocals] We rode our bikes through vacant lots Past the fences, past the tracks Wore confidence like leather jackets Saw no obstacles, never had a doubt We thought the years would wait for us Like dogs asleep beside the door We thought we'd always know ourselves We thought a hundred things and more [Pre-Chorus - building tension, tom-driven drums entering, layered guitars widening, yearning vocal harmonies] But every bit of ink on our hands Faded underneath the rain [Chorus - full band explosion, soaring fuzz guitars, crashing cymbals, wide vocal stacks, emotional and triumphant] We were never bulletproof Never made of steel and fire Just kids balancing on rooftops Certain we could climb higher We were never bulletproof Just pretending not to show our fear But courage wasn't being fearless It was jumping anyway [Verse 2 - dynamic drops slightly, rolling drums, dreamy guitar arpeggios, bittersweet mood] Now I see those photographs Curling at the edges Faces full of certainty Before the hard lessons Some moved away Some disappeared Some became the people They were running from Some stayed Some broke Some are not with us anymore I was the Dreamer Watching all of us become [Pre-Chorus - larger than first, layered harmonies, swelling distortion underneath] The nights got longer The stakes got higher [Chorus - huge, wall-of-sound guitars, emotionally lifted vocal performance] We were never bulletproof Never made of steel and fire Just kids balancing on rooftops Certain we could climb higher We were never bulletproof Just pretending not to show our fear But courage wasn't being fearless It was jumping anyway [Bridge - half-time feel, atmospheric guitars, sustained feedback, emotional peak, vulnerable vocal] I remember the night We climbed the water tower The town below us Nobody talked about tomorrow Nobody talked about leaving We believed we'd stay exactly who we were But growing older Isn't losing something It's learning How much weight a heart can hold And carrying it anyway [Final Chorus - maximum intensity, layered fuzz guitars, octave melodies, massive drums, soaring vocal harmonies] We were never bulletproof Never made of steel and fire Just kids balancing on rooftops Certain we could climb higher We were never bulletproof Just pretending not to show our fear But courage wasn't being fearless [Post-Chorus] It was jumping anyway It was loving anyway It was staying anyway When the whole world opened below [Outro - gradually dissolving wall of guitars, shimmering clean layers emerging, wistful vocals] And somewhere in those summer nights The people we'd become Were born through our courage.. [End]
