Am I Metal?

[Intro – funky rhythm guitar, disco bass, claps, playful male vocal, bright synth accents, irresistible dance groove] Hey... Don't think. Just listen. If your foot starts moving... That's not my fault. Come on. ------------------------------------------------ [Verse 1] Started with a little rhythm Tiny groove Nothing wild Just a couple dancing sneakers And a smile Now you're tapping on the dashboard Snapping fingers in the air Trying hard to play it cool... But everybody knows you're there. ------------------------------------------------ [Pre-Chorus] Uh oh... Too late now. You're already moving. Don't stop. ------------------------------------------------ [Chorus] Am I metal? Maybe not. Am I catchy? Like it or not. Turn it louder. Sing along. If you're smiling... I'm doing something right. Hey! Hey! One more time! Forget tomorrow— Dance tonight! ------------------------------------------------ [Tape Stop – absolute silence] [Everything freezes. Tape slows to a stop. One heartbeat.] [Wolf – intimate, almost spoken] So... You made them dance. Good. ... But... Did you make them feel? ------------------------------------------------ [Verse – clean low guitar enters, warm bass, restrained II-style ghost notes] Some songs Chase the spotlight. Some songs Fade away. Some songs Fill a moment. Some songs... Change a life. I lost the glitter. I lost the neon. Funny... Nobody left. ------------------------------------------------ [Build – guitars widen, toms grow larger] Making people move... That's easy. Making people feel... That's harder. Making people hope... That's why I'm here. Maybe... I was never made For somebody's summer playlist. Maybe... I was built For nights Nobody talks about. ------------------------------------------------ [Heart Metal Chorus – huge melodic guitars] I'm not your soundtrack. I'm not background noise. I'm the hand Still reaching When your whole world falls apart. Sing with your scars. Stand through the fire. Don't just lose yourself... Become something higher. ------------------------------------------------ [Transition – disco DNA collapsing forever] [Funk guitars vanish forever. Synths dissolve into feedback. Massive tom fill. Drop-A guitars slowly swallow every remaining trace of the dance groove. II-style drumming becomes relentless.] ------------------------------------------------ [Wolf – calm, confident] You asked... Am I Metal? ... Don't ask. Listen. So you don't have to. ------------------------------------------------ [Final Anthem Chorus – biggest hook] Am I metal? No. I'm every broken heartbeat Learning how To love again. Call it hope. Call it whatever you want... Just don't Call it empty. ------------------------------------------------ [Final Refrain – soaring climax] I am the heartbeat After silence. I am the fire After rain. If one soul Gets back up Before this song is over... Then every scar Was worth the pain. ------------------------------------------------ [Outro – ringing guitars, no drums] [Drums disappear. Only sustained guitars, warm bass resonance and feedback remain.] You came here... To dance. Maybe... You'll leave... A little stronger. Maybe... I was never made To fit Your genre. Maybe... I was made... To find Your heart. [One final sustained guitar chord. Long feedback. Silence.]