[Live Crowd Ambience — Loud Applause, Cheers, Guitar Amp Hum] [Spoken Intro — Rex, Natural Mature British Voice, Relaxed] Thank you! [Crowd Cheers] You lot still with us? [Crowd Roars] Good. For anyone who's somehow got this far without knowing who we are... We are the Highwires. [Crowd Cheers Louder] And we've got one more for you. [Crowd Roars] Yeah... I thought you'd like that. [Brief Pause] This is "One More for the Road." [Crowd Cheers] [Spoken — Rex, Walking to Piano] Don't get too excited. It starts quietly. [Ridiculously Loud Full-Band Crash — Huge Drums, Distorted Guitars and Feedback] [Brief Pause] [Spoken — Rex, Dryly Amused] Apparently not. [Crowd Laughter and Cheers] [Band Drops Out Completely] [Solo Piano Begins — Crowd Settles] [Intro — Solo Piano, Very Slow, No Drums] The lights are coming on They're stacking up the chairs There's broken glass beneath our feet And smoke still in the air [Verse 1 — Rex, Piano Only] We've lost a couple hours We've gained a couple scars Someone's sleeping in the corner Someone's looking for the car The night has nearly beaten us The morning's getting close You ask me if I'm ready yet To finally call it home [Pre-Chorus — Piano, Very Soft Guitar Enters] I look around At every face I know And say... [Chorus — Still Slow, Emotional, Drums Enter Gently] One more for the road Before we disappear One more for the nights That somehow brought us here If tomorrow takes us Somewhere we don't know Stay a little longer One more for the road [Audience Applause Builds Under Instrumental] [Instrumental Build — Piano Pattern Continues, Guitar Feedback Rising] [Tempo Shift — Sudden Explosive Drum Fill] [Crowd Erupts] [FULL BAND EXPLODES — FAST HARD ROCK] [Verse 2 — Rex, Fast and Energetic] Now somebody's on the table Someone's kicking down the door Jet is hitting twice as hard Than he was an hour before We're too old to know much better Too alive to give a damn If they're trying to close the place down They'll have to catch us if they can [Pre-Chorus — Driving Guitars] Raise whatever's in your hand We've made it this far Here we go! [Instrumental — Fast Guitar Solo, Driving Bass, Huge Live Drums] [Crowd Cheers During Guitar Solo] [Bridge — Half-Time, Heavy] We've buried some mistakes We've made a thousand more We've loved the wrong people We've slept on too many floors And if these are the glory days We'll know when they are gone So turn the bloody lights back down... We're not going home! [Crowd Erupts] [Drum Fill — Full Speed Returns] [Final Chorus — Massive, Fast, Layered Rock Vocals] ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD! Before we disappear One more for the nights That somehow brought us here For every bad decision Every friend we lost and found Every night we swore was over Then somehow turned around ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD! Let tomorrow come We're not finished We're not finished We're not finished— [Band Stop] [Sudden Silence] [Outro — Solo Piano Returns, Very Slow] One more for the road. [Final Piano Chord — Let It Ring] [Two Beats of Silence] [Crowd Erupts Into Huge Applause] [Spoken Outro — Rex, Slightly Out of Breath] Thank you! We are the Highwires. Goodnight! [Crowd Cheers — Guitar Feedback and Natural Venue Ambience Fade]
