The Return-02

[Broken spotlights bleed down over black velvet-their buzz a quiet roar] [The crowd is shouting, chanting, “THORNE” “THORNE” “THORNE” as Thorne runs onto the stage] [Verse-Baritone Male ] Your shadow I see, in the mirrored green-room door Now shards of glass that paint, that same green-room floor My footsteps sound hollow, echoing only memories Every chord I play still haunted by what doesn’t [Bass Male] BEAT ANYMORE!! [Baritone & Tenor Male -Together] Truth SO SAVAGE I still feel like dying….NEVER will you return Each day in my memories, YOU JUST FLICKER AND I BURN!!! [Mentally strained voice] But the stage keeps breathing, NO! It won’t set me free, keeps on tossing me Back in the Spotlight, where you and I [Evil Voice] SHOULD BE !! [Pre-Chorus- Baritone and Bass Male-Together] [Raging] “Rage boils in my veins, there’s hunger in the crowd I hear the roaring sounds, screaming my name so loud As I’m slowly drowning, swallowed by the sound [Chorus-Baritone Male] But the suit and ties expect to hear the music in my head, They still don’t get it… YET! , I’m already gone, I’m already… [Bass Male- ROAR] FUCKING DEAD !! [Tenor Male] “We’ll turn all your wounds, into pretty keyloyd scars” [Baritone and Tenor Male- Together] Just light me on fire…. while I play the FUCKING STAR.. But these strings cry out for you [cracking whisper] “come, love” [Baritone Male] TEAR MY SILENCE …. A P A R T [Verse- Baritone Male] They want me to sing for you..our biggest fans, So you’ll be watching too when I BLEED OUT MY HEART He left his mark on every part of me His laughter in my chords, our secrets IN THE DARK They wring out all my sorrow, for their monetary gain [Baritone and Bass Male-Together] FUCK THEM I won’t trade, your memory FOR MY FAME The rage in my throat, can’t give them what they want Still I cut through the smoke — My soul is bared [Baritone & Tenor Male -Together] It’s ugly, dead and raw… Revealed by stage lights, shredded by memory’s claws YET I STAND because YOU believed “that I belong” [Pre-Chorus- Baritone, Bass and Tenor Male-Together] The faces in the pit, they’re reaching for release I pour it all out, hoping for some peace As I’m slowly drowning, swallowed by the sound [Chorus-Baritone Male] And the world expects, a song to heal what’s gone Turning my every wound Into blazing fires, “Just smile Thorne, and play your song” But these strings, cry out for you [cracking whisper] “come, love” [Baritone and Bass - Together] TEAR MY SILENCE …. A P A R T [Baritone Male] I sing for the ghost that holds me up I sing for the ghost holding up my heart [Bridge- All 3 Males- Baritone, Tenor, Bass- Together] If agony was thunder, I’d shatter the sky every riff collapsing, as I rage and I cry No curtain call, can stop my unrest only the big black hole, left in my chest Still in the dark, I smell your skin let the fans help carry what I can’t mend Together we’ll wail praying the sorrow will end Instrumental [Egyptian Tambura drone intro, dark cello, dramatic build into soaring, screaming epic guitar solo with crying Erhu moving into Dark Cello, all surging beneath a guitar solo that performs an epic solo that rips with anguish and hope] Chorus And the world expects a song to heal what’s gone Turn every wound to fire and play along But these strings cry out, tearing silence apart I sing for the ghosts holding up my heart I sing for the ghosts holding up my heart Outro Spotlights fade, and I breathe the quiet again You echo as they cheer—my loss, their hymn “a step from the edge, i survive every night” “the fans gave their belief, and your love gave me fight”