[Intro] [Solitary, urgent acoustic 12-string guitar arpeggio, clean and bright] [Toms enter in a rolling, hopeful, tribal rhythm] [Fuzzed bassline enters, driving the pace] [Soaring electric guitar hook, delay-drenched, in the style of The Script] [Verse 1] [Driving rhythm, clean intimate vocal, powerful and conversational] Drag the mattress out the bedroom, drag the shadows to the curb Every heavy, rusted dogma that was threatening to disturb Found the letters from five winters back, tore them into shred Left the ashes on the compost heap to feed the flowerbed The world will tell you who you are, based on the scars you’ve worn But I am cutting loose the tether of everything I’ve sworn I don’t need the navigation, I don’t need the old routine To find the center of the person that I was always meant to be [Pre-Chorus] [Bass climbs, full band kicks in, vocal energy intensifies] We are survivors of the static, veterans of the cold We don’t need the permission for the stories we are told Look up from the pavement, let the oxygen ignite Every single minute ahead is untouched, clean, and bright! [Chorus] [Maximum stadium explosion, massive wall of sound, triumphant backing harmonies] I wasn’t born today, I’m being born tomorrow! Brand new blood rushing through an ancient stone! This ain't a resurrection, it’s a renaissance I’ve known! Say goodbye to the figure you were taught to expect Waking up to everything that I no longer direct! We built the future out of fragments we borrowed... This is Yesterday Born Tomorrow! [Verse 2] [Half-time feel, heavy bass groove, vocal rhythmic and percussive] Saw the mirror in the bathroom, didn't recognize the gaze Lost the desperate hesitation of my adolescent maze Traded in the victim complex for a pair of running shoes I’ve got too much open runway left to sit around and lose Tell the debtors and the critics that my old address is dead I relocated permanently thirty paces straight ahead The future doesn't owe me, I don’t need a fancy name I am walking with the damage and I’m taking back the claim! [Pre-Chorus] [Snare roll builds into thunder, electric guitars surge with overdrive] We train ourselves to overlook the fracture in the bone To navigate the crowded street entirely alone Break the protocol and standard! Answer the alarm! No more waiting on a signal! No more waiting in the calm! [Chorus] [Full dynamic height, crashing cymbals, passionate lead belt] I wasn’t born today, I’m being born tomorrow! Brand new blood rushing through an ancient stone! This ain't a resurrection, it’s a renaissance I’ve known! Say goodbye to the figure you were taught to expect Waking up to everything that I no longer direct! We built the future out of fragments we borrowed... This is Yesterday Born Tomorrow! [Guitar Solo] [Joyful, soaring, melodic rock solo, bright bends and rapid octave shifts, arena scale] [Bridge] [Tempo holds steady, music drops to heavy floor tom pulse and raw, close-mic vocal] Every dawn is an amnesty... Every sunrise an unwritten decree. [Drums swell with a massive floor tom crescendo] Step out of the chrysalis, let the wings unfurl! Brand new eyes looking on a brand new world! Take a lungful of the morning! [Chorus] [Dynamic peak, maximum arena volume, soaring ad-libs, layered harmonies] I wasn’t born today, I’m being born tomorrow! Brand new blood rushing through an ancient stone! This ain't a resurrection, it’s a renaissance I’ve known! Say goodbye to the figure you were taught to expect Waking up to everything that I no longer direct! We built the future out of fragments we borrowed... This is Yesterday Born Tomorrow! [Outro] [Driving dynamic continues, uplifting vocal ad-libs echoing] Yesterday Born Tomorrow... We made it through the cold... Here it comes! The light... [Rousing final chord with crashing cymbals and sustained, joyful guitar feedback] [Decay to a profound silence]
