[Intro] [Blast of iconic, upbeat 80s synthesizer riff, punchy and heroic] [High-energy galloping drums and driving bass] [A flamboyant, raspy yowl, like David Lee Roth] (Jump!) Oh, yeah! Can’t you see them coming?! (Jump!) [Verse 1] Lungs are burning, branches tearing at my face! Caught inside a lunatic, adrenaline-fueled race! Snapping twigs and heavy mud pulling at my heel That phantom on my shoulder telling me it isn't real I can hear it crashing through the canopy behind A predator of shadow, specifically designed To hunt me through the pine needles, tracking my despair But I’m running out of land, and I’m taking to the air! [Pre-Chorus] [Build-up with drum fills, rising synth chords] It's getting closer, the breathing is hot! Running out of forest, running out of plot! You got your back against the ledge, nowhere left to go But there’s a voice in the canyon, crying from below! (Why not?) [Chorus] [Triumphant, massive stadium synth-rock, huge harmonies] Might as well jump! (Jump!) Go ahead and jump! The edge of the world is a jagged gray line! So Why Not Just Jump!!! (Jump!) Might as well jump! (Jump!) Go ahead and jump! (Jump! Jump! Jump!) [Verse 2] [Playful synth accents, driving rock groove] (Ah, who said that?!) I say you don’t know, you won’t know until you try! Looking down the vertical, staring at the sky! The howling in the thicket says I cannot afford to stop With loose gravel kicking over the precipice and drop! A hundred-foot plummet to the bottom, all alone While the jaws are snapping blindly at the fabric and the bone! But the panic starts to vanish, and the fear begins to fade As the rhythm of the bounce is the only hand I’ve played! [Pre-Chorus] [Rising synth and galloping beat] It's getting closer, the breathing is hot! Running out of forest, running out of plot! You got your back against the ledge, nowhere left to go But there’s a voice in the canyon, crying from below! (Why not?) [Chorus] [High-energy stadium rock, huge backing vocals] Might as well jump! (Jump!) Go ahead and jump! The edge of the world is a jagged gray line! So Why Not Just Jump!!! (Jump!) Might as well jump! (Jump!) Go ahead and jump! [Bridge] [Full-throttle Eddie-style blazing guitar and synth duel] [Shredding solo, tapping technique, fast and flamboyant] [The music suddenly slows into a heavy, dramatic transition, shifting to minor key] I close my eyes. I take the final stride. Stepping off the granite to the emptiness outside. I wait for the wind... (Jump!) Wait for the smash... (Jump!) [Verse 3 - The Twist] [Heavy, epic progressive metal drive, dark and powerful] [Vocals shift from playful to a soaring, majestic roar] But the rocks never come, just a deafening crash! My spine splits open with a sickening crack! Leathery membranes erupting from my back! I'm not falling to the water, I'm catching the breeze! Soaring high above the canopy of trees! I was never the prey sprinting through the wood! I was molting out my human skin, exactly as I should! [Outro] [Glorious, triumphant hard rock finale, blending synths and guitars] (Jump!) Oh, we're taking to the sky! Go ahead and jump! (Jump!) Let the feathers and the leather fly! Why not just jump!!! (Jump!) I am the beast! I am the night! (Jump! Jump! Jump!) [Playful vocal ad-libs, scream-yowl fading into wild synth and guitar shredding] (Might as well jump!) [Final crashing chord] [End]
