[Intro: (distant crowd bed, chiming guitars, then full-band hit)] [Drum Solo: (arena tom patterns, snare rolls, cymbal chokes, big reverb tail)] [Verse: (tight chugging guitars, vocal low and confident)] you look at me, and grin like you already know. your fingers trace the seam of my worn-out show. you say, go shake the ceiling, bring it back alive. i kiss your mouth, and take that vow into the dive. [Verse: (drums open up, bass digs in, vocal gets brighter)] there’s a cold wind on the boulevard of broken bands. slick talk in back rooms, selling glitter as plans. but you breathe on my knuckles, and i feel the ground. so i walk straight into thunder, and i raise up sound. [Chorus: (full arena lift, stacked backing vocals, big open chords)] i got a duty to rock, i got a duty to roll i got a duty to music that i feel in my soul so if you feel the same way come with me let the power of music set you free [Verse: (half-time swagger, lead guitar hooks between lines)] i carry your little laugh like a mark on my name. a small sharp blessing, held inside the frame. when the room turns heavy, when the tall walls loom. i throw my voice like a rope, and i pull out the boom. [Verse: (back to driving groove, more backing shouts, more grit)] somebody’s trying to water it down, make it polite. but you and me, we like it raw, we like it tight. so i swing that first downstroke, and i want it more. and i see you in the front row, like an open door. [Chorus: (slightly bigger, extra harmony stacks, cymbals wider)] i got a duty to rock, i got a duty to roll i got a duty to music that i feel in my soul so if you’re holding my hand come with me let our loud little promise be our decree [Guitar Solo: (melodic bends, wide vibrato, harmonized lead over full band)] [Guitar Solo: (busier runs, more pinch harmonics, drums pushing harder)] [Guitar Solo: (fast climax, sustained high notes, cymbal wash, final unison lick)] [Chorus: (maximum lift, gang vocals louder, vocal grit and urgency)] i got a duty to rock, i got a duty to roll i got a duty to music that i feel in my soul so if you came to be changed come with me we’ll make this whole damn room believe [Chorus: (final chorus, extra ad-libs between lines, hardest hits)] i got a duty to rock, i got a duty to roll i got a duty to music that i feel in my soul so if you’re still on your feet come with me let the roar of that backbeat set us clean [Outro: (final chord holds, feedback bloom, drums big and crashing)]
