Instrumental Intro (guitar harmonics fading into a neoclassical riff, drums build, bass swells under soaring lead lines)] [Verse 1 (clean electric guitar arpeggios, vocal enters with restrained grit)] You carved your name on maple wings And taught the fretboard how to sing A rebel child with grace and flame You played like thunder spoke your name [Pre-Chorus (drums rise, distortion swells, harmony guitars enter)] A flash of white against the sky A song that dared to never die [Chorus (full band hits, layered vocals, melodic lead weaving through chords)] You burned through life like lightning through a wire Each note a spark that set the soul on fire A genius gone but never out of tune Your echo roars beneath a silver moon The hands that danced are gone but never still The music breathes because it always will [Verse 2 (acoustic layer beneath electric lead, reflective tone)] A teacher first, a storm disguised You lit the dark in others’ eyes Each scale you climbed defied the end Each riff a prayer you dared to send [Pre-Chorus (double-tracked vocals, tension builds)] You left mid-song but not mid-line Your solo bleeds through endless time [Chorus (anthemic, crowd harmonies, sustained guitar bends)] You burned through life like lightning through a wire Each note a spark that set the soul on fire A genius gone but never out of tune Your echo roars beneath a silver moon The hands that danced are gone but never still The music breathes because it always will [Bridge (instrumental lead solo, inspired by Rhoads’ neoclassical phrasing; descending harmonic minor run into arpeggiated sweep section, drums thunder like heartbeats)] [Instrumental (soft reprise of main theme on solo guitar, clean tone fading into delay)] [Final Chorus (vocals layered in harmonies, tempo slows slightly for emotional weight)] You burned through life like lightning through a wire Each note a spark that set the soul on fire A genius gone but never out of tune Your echo roars beneath a silver moon The hands that danced are gone but never still The music breathes because it always will [Outro (solo guitar echoes last line’s melody, fading into silence with sustained harmonic feedback)]
