# WE WERE HERE **Darada21** [Intro — Twin guitars, raw driving drums] Hey! One, two, three, four! [Verse 1 — Casual, slightly raspy female vocal] We picked up guitars, we made some noise, Sang our songs without a choice. No big plans, no grand ideas, Just cheap amps and ringing ears. Back in Japan, the days were fine, Same old streets and closing time. Nothing bad, but something felt wrong, Like we were missing one more song. [Pre-Chorus — Rising guitars] We broke it up at twenty-one, Thought that all the fun was done. Five years later, out of the blue, "Hey, you wanna try this again?" "Yeah, I do!" [Chorus — Fast two-beat, loud melodic singing] We were here! We were here! Playing it loud with nothing to fear! No perfect plan, no guaranteed ride, Just four dumb girls on the other side! We were here! We were here! Laughing so hard we could barely steer! We never knew we'd get this far, But look at us now — here we are! [Verse 2 — Bouncy bass, guitars trading riffs] Got on a plane, laughing like fools, Left behind our jobs and rules. Came for the music, stayed for the sun, Somehow turned it into a vacation! Cheap motel and a broken light, Counting our dollars every night. Finding work was a pain in the ass, But somehow we made the money last. [Pre-Chorus — Punchy drums] Different town, different street, Same old shoes on tired feet. Give it time and you start to see, Everywhere's just somewhere to be. [Chorus — Full band] We were here! We were here! Playing it loud with nothing to fear! No perfect plan, no guaranteed ride, Just four dumb girls on the other side! We were here! We were here! Laughing so hard we could barely steer! We never knew we'd get this far, But look at us now — here we are! [Instrumental Break — 16-bar twin-guitar solo] [Verse 3 — Half-time, conversational vocal] We laugh, we fight, sometimes we cry, Everybody's just getting by. Half the time I don't understand A single word from the guy at the stand. But we do our thing, we make our sound, Isn't freedom what this place is about? Everything's big, the good and the bad, Some folks are kind, some drive you mad. Everybody's carrying something inside, Something they laugh about, something they hide. But somehow they're smiling at the end of the day, Maybe that's just how we find our way. [Bridge — Drums and bass, dry spoken-sung vocal] I fell in love with Chuck Berry's guitar, Still playing mine, wherever we are. Hope somebody hears us someday, Hope our voices find their way. Yeah, we're mostly making it up as we go. You know how it is. [Build — Snare rolls, rising guitar feedback] No big speeches. No big plans. Just these guitars In our hands! [Final Chorus — Explosive double chorus] We were here! We were here! Playing it loud with nothing to fear! No perfect plan, no guaranteed ride, Just four dumb girls on the other side! We were here! We were here! Laughing so hard we could barely steer! We never knew we'd get this far, But look at us now — here we are! [Outro — Sudden stop, solo female vocal] We never knew we'd get this far. We just played our songs, wherever we are. But we... **WE WERE HERE!** [Full-band hard stop]
