A Meteor Crash

[Intro – 25–30 sec exposed signature electric-guitar riff; fast, hypnotic, melodic; rising progressive loops; each cycle climbs and develops; no vocals] [Riff continues; bass enters underneath, then kick; gradual tension build] (hey) (look up) [Verse 1 – restrained groove; guitar riff continues between vocal phrases; vocal intimate, curious, rhythmically loose] A dark road In the dead of night White lines glow In the headlights Nothing but engine sounds No one's around We're homeward bound We're homeward bound [Brief instrumental suspension; guitar loop climbs] (But wait... what's that?) (look up) [chorus] [Drums open up; guitar riff jumps upward] A fireball zooming by Across the sky Streaking up high Somewhere close by [Vocal rises; guitars widen] Stark white light Burning bright Cuts the night Left to right [Extended signature riff – full band; rising progressive variations; melodic bass answers guitar] [Verse 2 – pull drums back; vocal becomes conversational and increasingly animated; guitar punctuates each question] Was it near or far? Where did it go? Was it a shooting star? Or a UFO? [Rhythm tightens; riff begins climbing underneath] Did it land near? Where did it disappear? Should we cheer or fear? Cheer or fear [chorus] [Sudden dynamic lift; drums and bass surge] And then a flash But no sound of a crash Lighting the dash A color splash [Peak intensity; vocal melody climbs with guitar] A lightning's arc A fire from a spark Vivid and stark And then back to dark [Riff returns alone – original motif, then rising progressive loops] [Verse 3 – reflective, spacious; vocal settles after the intensity] And that was all A fireball tore A tiny hole Crashed — and nothing more Light years away Its journey's start Made it all this way Just to break apart [Instrumental rise – signature riff gradually climbs; drums build underneath] [Chorus – wide melodic lift; soaring vocal, guitars bloom around the riff] And far below - On the road, alone In headlights' glow We're heading home We're heading home [Extended signature riff – highest rising variation; instrumental climax] [Outro – riff gradually recedes into unresolved guitar echoes] We're heading home