The Sound of My Thoughts

progressive jazz fusion, jazz fusion, electric jazz, virtuosic

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[Intro | electric guitar solo | clean tone | legato phrasing | unaccompanied]
[Guitar melody line]

[Verse 1 | bass and drums enter | snappy bass line | ghost notes]
[Vocal: Conversational Flow | warm]
The day I was born, they counted my fingers twice
Not for the number, but to see if sparks could fly
A metronome where the pulse should be, a looping bird inside my chest
While they learned to spell, I learned the pressure of a fret

[Pre-Chorus | bass walk-up | drum fill]
[Vocal: Intimate | building]
You see a kid with a guitar, making shapes
But the wood is just a lens, the amp is just a gate

[Chorus | full band | anthemic chorus]
[Instrumentation: distorted guitar lead | walking bass | ride cymbal wash]
(Yeah)
This is my language, this is my sound
When my fingers move, my lips are shut, but the truth gets out
(Get out)
You think it's a show, but I'm just talking loud
[Guitar]
This ain't a performance, this is how I think out loud

[Verse 2 | syncopated guitar stabs | tight bass]
[Vocal: Slightly more urgent]
My problems don't have paragraphs, they have a key and a mode
My memories aren't pictures, they're a lick I used to know
[Bridge]
The silence of a classroom was a canvas full of notes
I'd write the algebra of air on the inside of my coat

[Pre-Chorus | bass solo fill]
You call it talent, like it fell out of the sky
But you don't hear the conversation that keeps me up all night

[Chorus | full band | energy: high]
This is my language, this is my sound
When my fingers move, my lips are shut, but the truth gets out
(Truth)
You think it's a show, but I'm just talking loud
[Guitar solo]
This ain't a performance, this is how I think out loud

[extended Guitar Solo | virtuosic fingerstyle | clean to edge of breakup]

[Bridge | breakdown | sparse]
[Instrumentation: bass solo | kick drum on 2 and 4]
Try to put a cage on voltage
(You can't)
Try to make a river stop
(It won't)
[Build-up | drums re-enter | cymbal swell]
This caged voltage has a language
And it's screaming from the top

[Final Chorus | energy: explosive | full band ]
This is my language, this is my sound
(My sound)
When my fingers move, my lips are shut, but the truth gets out
(Everybody)
You thought it was a show, but I was just talking loud
This ain't a performance
[Band drop-out]
This is how I think
[Band hit]
Out loud

[Outro | guitar feedback | fade on a held chord]
[last virtuoso guitar passage]

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[Intro | electric guitar solo | clean tone | legato phrasing | unaccompanied] [Guitar melody line] [Verse 1 | bass and drums enter | snappy bass line | ghost notes] [Vocal: Conversational Flow | warm] The day I was born, they counted my fingers twice Not for the number, but to see if sparks could fly A metronome where the pulse should be, a looping bird inside my chest While they learned to spell, I learned the pressure of a fret [Pre-Chorus | bass walk-up | drum fill] [Vocal: Intimate | building] You see a kid with a guitar, making shapes But the wood is just a lens, the amp is just a gate [Chorus | full band | anthemic chorus] [Instrumentation: distorted guitar lead | walking bass | ride cymbal wash] (Yeah) This is my language, this is my sound When my fingers move, my lips are shut, but the truth gets out (Get out) You think it's a show, but I'm just talking loud [Guitar] This ain't a performance, this is how I think out loud [Verse 2 | syncopated guitar stabs | tight bass] [Vocal: Slightly more urgent] My problems don't have paragraphs, they have a key and a mode My memories aren't pictures, they're a lick I used to know [Bridge] The silence of a classroom was a canvas full of notes I'd write the algebra of air on the inside of my coat [Pre-Chorus | bass solo fill] You call it talent, like it fell out of the sky But you don't hear the conversation that keeps me up all night [Chorus | full band | energy: high] This is my language, this is my sound When my fingers move, my lips are shut, but the truth gets out (Truth) You think it's a show, but I'm just talking loud [Guitar solo] This ain't a performance, this is how I think out loud [extended Guitar Solo | virtuosic fingerstyle | clean to edge of breakup] [Bridge | breakdown | sparse] [Instrumentation: bass solo | kick drum on 2 and 4] Try to put a cage on voltage (You can't) Try to make a river stop (It won't) [Build-up | drums re-enter | cymbal swell] This caged voltage has a language And it's screaming from the top [Final Chorus | energy: explosive | full band ] This is my language, this is my sound (My sound) When my fingers move, my lips are shut, but the truth gets out (Everybody) You thought it was a show, but I was just talking loud This ain't a performance [Band drop-out] This is how I think [Band hit] Out loud [Outro | guitar feedback | fade on a held chord] [last virtuoso guitar passage]

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