01 - Give me (the simple life)

progressive alt-rock, trip-hop, atmospheric rock

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(single acoustic guitar, sparse — no percussion, no strings yet)

[Verse 1]
(intimate, low chest voice — tired but clear)
Tired
I have been bruised
And broken before
No need for glory
No more stories to tell
My chapters done
I've closed that door
I want a simple life -
And nothing more

[Haunting Pre-Chorus]
(strings enter barely — one low cello line)
There are names I don't say out loud
There are faces the road wore away
I have carried enough of the weight of the crowd
I am done
Giving myself away

[Chorus]
(full band enters — alt-rock, grounded, not explosive)
Give me a fire that stays lit through the night
Give me a morning with nowhere to be
Give me the quiet that follows a fight
Give me the days where I can breathe
Just give me the simple life
Where I can just…
Believe
*(believe)*

[Verse 2]
(slightly rawer — he's talking to himself now)
Edges of my blade
Aren't as sharp as my wounds
Every scar, a lesson
Something lost
Some, best forgotten
A version of me
That I'll never reclaim
I want a simple life
All the same

[Chorus]
(full band — second pass, slightly more worn)
Give me a fire that stays lit through the night
Give me a morning with nowhere to be
Give me the quiet that follows a fight
Give me the days where I can breathe
Just give me the simple life
Where I can just…
Believe
*(believe)*

[Quiet Bridge]
(band drops — voice and one guitar)
I still believe in something
I just can't name it anymore
I still believe in something
*(something)*
It isn't the sword
It isn't the glory
It isn't the cause behind every closed door
It's smaller than all of it
Quieter
And mine
*(mine)*

[Build]
(band re-enters piece by piece through the final lines)

[Chorus]
(fullest version — resolute, not triumphant)
Give me a fire that stays lit through the night
Give me a morning with nowhere to be
Give me the quiet that follows a fight
Give me the days where I can breathe
Just give me the simple life
Where I can just…
Believe
*(believe)*

[Outro — Resolute Quiet, sung on the verge of tears, pain in the throat]
(band falls away — back to single guitar)

[End]
Just give me the simple life…
The simple life -
Where I can just be.

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(single acoustic guitar, sparse — no percussion, no strings yet) [Verse 1] (intimate, low chest voice — tired but clear) Tired I have been bruised And broken before No need for glory No more stories to tell My chapters done I've closed that door I want a simple life - And nothing more [Haunting Pre-Chorus] (strings enter barely — one low cello line) There are names I don't say out loud There are faces the road wore away I have carried enough of the weight of the crowd I am done Giving myself away [Chorus] (full band enters — alt-rock, grounded, not explosive) Give me a fire that stays lit through the night Give me a morning with nowhere to be Give me the quiet that follows a fight Give me the days where I can breathe Just give me the simple life Where I can just… Believe *(believe)* [Verse 2] (slightly rawer — he's talking to himself now) Edges of my blade Aren't as sharp as my wounds Every scar, a lesson Something lost Some, best forgotten A version of me That I'll never reclaim I want a simple life All the same [Haunting Pre-Chorus] (strings enter barely — one low cello line) There are names I don't say out loud There are faces the road wore away I have carried enough of the weight of the crowd I am done Giving myself away [Chorus] (full band — second pass, slightly more worn) Give me a fire that stays lit through the night Give me a morning with nowhere to be Give me the quiet that follows a fight Give me the days where I can breathe Just give me the simple life Where I can just… Believe *(believe)* [Quiet Bridge] (band drops — voice and one guitar) I still believe in something I just can't name it anymore I still believe in something *(something)* It isn't the sword It isn't the glory It isn't the cause behind every closed door It's smaller than all of it Quieter And mine *(mine)* [Build] (band re-enters piece by piece through the final lines) [Chorus] (fullest version — resolute, not triumphant) Give me a fire that stays lit through the night Give me a morning with nowhere to be Give me the quiet that follows a fight Give me the days where I can breathe Just give me the simple life Where I can just… Believe *(believe)* [Outro — Resolute Quiet, sung on the verge of tears, pain in the throat] (band falls away — back to single guitar) [End] Just give me the simple life… The simple life - Where I can just be.

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