Can't Go On

[Start] [Soft Intro: Gentle Guitar Arpeggios, Building Tension] [Soft Verse: Vulnerable, Reflective] The stage lights blaze, like suns in the night! I’m holding this mic, but it don’t feel right! Dreams in my hand, like paper they fold! What happens to fire, when it’s tired and cold?! [Build Up] [Pre-Chorus: Breathy, Building Emotion] Will they remember the chords I’ve played?! (the chords I’ve played!) Or the soul in the words that I’ve laid?! [Ad-lib: "laid my, down my soul…"] A voice in my head whispers softly, "move on..." (on, move on…) But my heart's in the crowd, it’s where I belong! [Drop] [Chorus: Soaring, Emotional] I can’t.... go on, but I can’t.... let go! (can’t go!) Every note’s a battle, every song a show! If the curtain falls, will they call my name?! Or fade.... into silence like a passing flame?! (a passing flame…) [Hooky Guitar Solo: Melodic Lead, Subtle Bluesy Lines] [Soft Verse: Introspective, Poignant] The echoes of cheers are ghosts in my veins! The joy and the pain, they’re one and the same! I see my reflection in a young man’s eyes! [Ad-lib: "a young man's eyes!"] A star in his grasp, as my own star dies! [Build Up] [Pre-Chorus: Breathy, Building Emotion] Will they remember the chords I’ve played?! (the chords I’ve played!) Or the soul in the words that I’ve laid?! A voice in my head whispers softly, "move on!" [Ad-lib: just move on…] But my heart's in the crowd, it’s where I belong! [Drop] [Chorus: Anthemic, Full-Bodied] I can’t.... go on, but I can’t.... let go! Every note’s a battle, every song a show! If the curtain falls, will they call my name?! Or fade.... into silence like a passing flame?! [Soft Bridge: Vulnerable, Conflicted] The spotlight fades, the shadow grows! Who am I when the final chord slows?! (ohhh!) A mentor!? a lover!? a memory to keep!? Or a wanderer lost, in dreams too deep?! (dreams too deep!) [Extended Guitar Solo: Dynamic, Emotional Lead] [x2] [Drop] [Final Chorus: Soaring, Key Up for Emphasis] I can’t.... go on, but I can’t.... let go! (can’t go!) Every note’s a battle, every song a show! If the curtain falls, will they call my name?! Or fade.... into silence like a passing flame?! [Outro] [Hooky Guitar Solo: Soaring, Climactic] [Emotional Sustained Solo Note] [Note Rings Out] [End]