[Intro] [Clean electric guitar playing a sad, arpeggiated riff] [Bass slides in - fretless, warm but sad] [Soft shaker percussion] [Singer sighs heavily] [Verse 1] [Vocals: Low, baritone, intimate] The room is cold, the curtains drawn I'm waiting for another dawn But the sun don't shine the same today Since I watched you walk away I see your coffee cup is on the stand A little ghost of your warm hand I’m the king of nothing, on a throne of dirt Wearing my mistakes like a heavy shirt [Pre-Chorus] [Drums kick in - slow, heavy beat] [Guitar adds a little grit] I didn't know, I didn't see That you were the better half of me I was looking at the neon lights And I missed the stars in the winter nights [Chorus] [EXPLOSION of Distortion - Wall of Sound] [Vocals: Belting, straining, full of pain] YOU WERE THE BEST THING! THE BEST THING I EVER HAD! And I threw it all away Yeah, I treated you so bad! You were the anchor in the storm You were the fire that kept me warm Now I’m freezing in the void Looking at the life that I destroyed You were the best thing... (The best thing I ever had) [Verse 2] [Sudden drop back to quiet - Bass and Drums only] [Vocals: Whispering, almost breaking] I traded diamonds for a piece of glass I watched the heavy hours pass I wanted the noise, I wanted the fame But nobody here even knows my name Not the way you did, when the lights went out Without a shadow, without a doubt You saw the man beneath the skin And I’m the fool who didn't let you in [Pre-Chorus] [Guitar builds feedback] I didn't know! I didn't see! That you were the saving grace of me! I was chasing ghosts in the machine And I burned the only grass that was green! [Chorus] [Maximum Volume] YOU WERE THE BEST THING! THE BEST THING I EVER HAD! And I threw it all away Yeah, I treated you so bad! You were the anchor in the storm You were the fire that kept me warm Now I’m freezing in the void Looking at the life that I destroyed You were the best thing! THE BEST THING! [Guitar Solo] [Soaring, weeping guitar solo - melodic but rough] [Heavy rhythm section pounding underneath] [Singer screaming in background:] (COME BACK!) [Bridge] [Music stops. Just the clean guitar riff from intro] [Vocals: Vulnerable, acapella feel] If I could rewrite the book If I could take a second look I would drop the mic and leave the stage Just to turn back to that page... [Chorus] [Final Explosion - Everything louder than everything else] YOU WERE THE BEST THING! THE BEST THING I EVER HAD! I threw it all away! God, it hurts so bad! You were the anchor! You were the fire! I am a liar! I am a liar! YOU WERE THE BEST THING! [Outro] [Feedback squeal fading slowly] [Heavy drum hits slowing down] The best thing... (I ever had...) [Final clean chord] [Silence] [End]
