Shadow of a Doubt (ALIVE in Des Moines Version) [Draft 6]

[Crowd cheers; clean guitar and warm synth hold an open chord] [Spoken - Vox, warm welcome] Des Moines! We're uhgusstinnus Vox! We're fully charged, Des Moines! [Brief pause] Whether we're fully qualified is tonight's debate. [Brief audience laughter; let it settle] Tonight we're going back to our debut, Against the Skeptics. If you've brought questions, you've brought the right equipment. This is Shadow of a Doubt. [A complete guitar phrase; original song begins] [Original song - retain its melody and lyric order] [Verse 1 - sung] It crept in quiet like a whisper on the breeze Took my certainties and brought me to my knees I used to know or thought I did Now I question every word I ever said They said be wise don’t trust the light But living blind don’t make it right In the shadow of a doubt I’m reaching out I’m screaming loud I want to know I want to see Is there a truth that lives in me In the shadow in the shadow Of a doubt They taught me silence in a world of endless claims Every answer just another clever game But I’m not made to float in fear There’s got to be a voice I need to hear They said no truth can stand alone But lies feel heavy when you’re on your own In the shadow of a doubt I’m reaching out I’m screaming loud I want to know I want to see Is there a truth that lives in me In the shadow in the shadow Of a doubt [Bridge - spoken over quiet guitars] Maybe I’m wrong But maybe wrong itself proves right exists [Melodic guitar solo] [Final Chorus - sung, full band] In the shadow of a doubt Still reaching out still holding out I want to know I want to be More than the void they handed me In the shadow in the shadow Of a doubt [Original final cadence completes; appreciative applause]