[Intro – spoken over a slowly weeping blues guitar] Mmmh … Sometimes longing sits right beside you … waiting for you to finally hear it. [Verse 1 – muted slow blues] There’s still a light burning in your chest, even when the night won’t let you rest. You carry questions like ancient dust, and every step grows heavy with rust. The streets lie silent, the rain comes down, you search for yourself in this restless town. An empty stare, a weary heart, but deep inside, the pain still starts. [Pre-Chorus – guitar grows stronger, organ comes in] And when the wind blows through the windows wide, you feel a fire that no one can see inside. It calls your name, so deep and low, like a voice carved out of ice and snow. [Chorus – full blues groove, call and response] [Lead:] This is the longing within you, [Choir:] Oh, the longing within you. [Lead:] It knocks on the doors, it pulls you to me, [Choir:] It pulls you, it pulls you to me. [Lead:] It whispers in the wind when hope breaks apart, [Choir:] Don’t give up, don’t lose your heart. [All:] This is the longing within you, a fire that remains when everything freezes through. You can run from it, but one thing remains true: it shows you who you always were. [Verse 2 – bass and guitar trading phrases, rougher vocals] You learned how to stand in silence, you’ve seen a thousand goodbyes. You buried all your dreams so deep that no one could take them from your life. But sometimes, when the city wakes, you hear its voice through the night. It pulls you away from this place, toward a morning somewhere in the light. [Pre-Chorus – rising dynamics, short guitar responses] And when the final mask falls down, you hear the heartbeat of this town. What you thought was lost returns, step by step, as the fire burns. [Chorus – stronger, with gospel-blues choir] [Lead:] This is the longing within you, [Choir:] Oh, the longing within you. [Lead:] It knocks on the doors, it pulls you to me, [Choir:] It pulls you, it pulls you to me. [Lead:] It whispers in the wind when hope breaks apart, [Choir:] Don’t give up, don’t lose your heart. [All:] This is the longing within you, a fire that remains when everything freezes through. You can run from it, but one thing remains true: it shows you who you always were. [Blues Break – instrumental] [12-bar electric-guitar solo, bending notes, Hammond organ in the background, short drum fills] [Bridge – almost spoken, free and fragile] And when you fall, then fall ahead, from ancient ashes, rise again. What tears you apart will not make you small, it only wants to be heard through it all. [Guitar response:] Oh, it wants to be heard. [Lead:] It wants to be heard. [Final Chorus – grand, emotional blues-gospel climax] [Lead:] This is the longing within you, [Choir:] It burns, it burns within you. [Lead:] It burns like a star, it leads you to me, [Choir:] It leads you, it leads you to me. [Lead:] It dances on the waves, it calls through the night, [Choir:] Until your silent heart awakens to life. [All:] This is the longing within you, not a curse or an ending, but a path leading through. You can run from it, but one thing remains true: it brings you back to who you always were. [Outro – slowly fading, guitar and voice alone] There’s still a light burning in your chest, the longing will not rest. [Guitar response:] No, it will not rest. [Lead, whispered:] Mmmh … the longing within you. It’s still waiting here for you.
