[Sparse Melancholic Intro] [solo piano, low register, minor key, slow deliberate tempo] [Verse 1] [low baritone, one line per measure, piano only] No stories known that I've told - Wasting youth and growing old - Speak of nothing through the night, I'll stay in shadows, out of sight Hide the emblem, hide the crown - Just enough - To keep the rumors down [Chorus] [piano continues, sparse brushed drums entering] Through the city streets With memories of vows I keep *(Stay out of sight)* Through the passing nights Stay in the quiet - Stay in the shadows *(Stay out of sight)* [drums fade] [Verse 2] [piano returns, sparse and deliberate] Promises made on empty thrones… . ! . . . Legends clear of blood and bone . ! . . . Days unfold without a sound Stay awake in case darkness bounds Stay awake in case… - Our hero returns ...for the crown [Chorus] [piano and light percussion] Through the city streets With memories of vows I keep *(Stay out of sight)* Through the passing nights Stay in the quiet - Stay in the shadows *(Stay out of sight)* [Verse 3] [distorted guitar bleeding in beneath piano, snare tightening] Hold the pattern, circle again - Stay in the darkness, a constant friend - As fires blaze through the night Hold the pattern, begin again… [Bridge] [piano and guitar in tension, held breath before resolution] As morning comes Travelers pass by Hair of red and cloth of white Warning of horrors in the night Is this a sign… To come back to the light? [Triumphant Chorus] [guitar riff entering fully, drums at peak, piano underneath] Through the city streets Remembering the vows I keep *(Stay out of sight)* Get out of the quiet (Get in the light) Move from the shadows - (Get in the light) Move from the shadows - (Get in the light) The time is now To make my way back to the light [Fading Outro] *(Rise up for a fight)*
