[Extended Instrumental Intro: Slow build, clean electric guitar fingerpicking with tremolo, bass and drums enter soft and steady] [Chorus: Reverb-heavy guitar swells under layered vocals] [Extended Instrumental Intro: Slow build, clean electric guitar fingerpicking with tremolo, bass and drums enter soft and steady] [Chorus: Reverb-heavy guitar swells under layered vocals] Talk is cheap Words are weak Talk is cheap Words are weak [Verse 1: Guitar bends echo the heartbreak, snare rim clicks like a ticking clock] Say I can trust you Say you'll do me right Say you'll stand by me But you're gone in the night [Chorus: Reverb-heavy guitar swells under layered vocals] Talk is cheap Words are weak Talk is cheap Words are weak [Verse 1: Guitar bends echo the heartbreak, snare rim clicks like a ticking clock] Say I can trust you Say you'll do me right Say you'll stand by me But you're gone in the night [Chorus: Repeat with deeper vocal harmony and guitar harmonics] Talk is cheap Words are weak Talk is cheap Words are weak [Bridge: [Stripped back, minor key walkdown, whispered vocal line]] Everybody’s got promises — but they vanish like smoke Everybody plays the hero — till it’s time to carry the load I been burned by the kindest tones I walk alone now, I walk alone [Verse 3: Grit kicks in — raspier voice, guitar gets dirtier, slow tremolo ramp] Say you got my back Say you won’t tell a soul Say you got my best interest Say you’d never fold But no... [Verse 3: Grit kicks in — raspier voice, guitar gets dirtier, slow tremolo ramp] Say you got my back Say you won’t tell a soul Say you got my best interest Say you’d never fold But no... [Outro Verse: [Vocal fadeout, call-and-response guitar solo echoes the final words]] You say you’ll help me But I don’t believe Say you’re my brother But you’re just gonna leave
