[Mood: Nostalgic] [Energy: Medium] [Intro | 60s jangly guitar rhythm | warm analog synth | light spring reverb | slow blues build] (distant echoes) Mmmmm... [Verse 1 | raspy lead vocal | laid-back shuffle | warm bassline] Dust on the dashboard, rain on the glass Watching the miles and the memories pass [instrumental break electric guitar] We used to own every highway in sight Now we're just fading into the night [Pre-Chorus | emotional build-up | organ swell | cymbal roll] [Vulnerable] I check the phone but the screen stays dark Just a thousand miles and an empty spark [Chorus | anthemic chorus | wide stereo | overdriven guitar | driving kick-snare] Where did the time go, where did we run? Chasing the shadows away from the sun (away from the sun) Brothers in arms, now we're drifting apart TIME leaves a mark on a wandering heart [Verse 2 | raspy lead vocal | call and response | blues scale] I poured a drink for the ghosts in the room [instrumental break electric guitar] Heard your old laugh in the heavy gloom [instrumental break electric guitar] They say that distance makes the bond grow tight But I'm just walking alone tonight [Guitar Solo | searing melodic lead guitar | sustained overdrive | emotional string bends | wide stereo delay] [Bridge | half-time breakdown | minimal instrumentation | sparse organ] [spoken word] We swore we'd never change. [melancholic] But the roads kept splitting, and the silence got louder. [Final Chorus | Energy: High | full band | stacked harmonies | explosive] Where did the time go, where did we run? Chasing the shadows away from the sun (away from the sun) Brothers in arms, now we're drifting apart TIME leaves a mark on a wandering heart [Outro | fading melodic guitar solo | extended delay tail | slow volume fade | tape-saturated] (drifting apart...) (drifting...) [Silence]
