Too Long (Version 2)

[intro] [soft piano with hollow echo] [low distorted strings swell underneath] [deep prominent bass guitar solo intro] [voiceover] It's been too long, too long, too.... long (to long) Without LOVE (No, without love...) Aaaaaah, no aaah, no no aaaah (No!) It's been too long, but I won't... Give up [powerful heavy metal guitar solo interlude] [musical build up] [verse 1] I lit a candle for no one In a house that forgot my name This silence sleeps beside me Like a shadow I can't tame [heavy guitar riff interlude] [verse 2] I wear the same old longing Like a coat that never fits And every time I try to feel The moment always quits [pre-chorus] Years go by in stillness Like dust on broken glass I stopped counting heartbeats When they echoed from the past [chorus] Too long without love I’m fading into stone Screaming into walls That only speak alone Too long without love The cold becomes my skin And I forget what warmth Ever even meant within [epic guitar solo / organ drone builds tension] [heavy guitar riff interlude] [verse 3] I dream of reaching fingers But mine are tied in chains I write my name in frost And watch it melt with pain [heavy guitar riff interlude] [pre-chorus] Hope is just a whisper I barely recognize A photograph that blurs Each time I close my eyes [chorus] Too long without love I’m fading into stone Screaming into walls That only speak alone Too long without love The cold becomes my skin And I forget what warmth Ever even meant within [epic guitar solo] [heavy guitar riff interlude] [outro] [piano note fades, heartbeat slows] Too long without love… I don’t remember me. [musical build up] [heavy guitar riff interlude] IT's BEEN TOO LONG, TOO LONG....TOO LONG! No! (Ooooooh, no no no!) [pre-chorus] Hope is just a whisper I barely recognize A photograph that blurs Each time I close my eyes [chorus] Too long without love I’m fading into stone Screaming into walls That only speak alone Too long without love The cold becomes my skin And I forget what warmth Ever even meant within. No, it's been too long without love. [epic guitar solo outro] [end song]