[Intro: VERY SLOW, 60 BPM feel, orchestral only, solo piano + solo violin, whispered female, single voice] Just gotta get by those goodbye years [Whisper double: (goodbye years... goodbye years)] [Verse 1: slow, thick - double tracked + low harmony, piano + low cellos + clean guitar, intimate but full] I remember the feeling of invincibility (I remember, I remember) Like nothing the universe gave me could break me (nothing could break me) Then it all came apart with a quiet inevitability (quiet, so quiet it broke me) All the lights went low and the air went thin So many moments I wish I could go back and save me (go back and save me, save that kid) I'd pull him out of the wreckage, tell him this ain't the end [Verse 2: thicker, double + harmony high, violas tense, bass enters, 70 BPM feel building to 86] The only thing harder than the faces around me (faces around me) Are the hearts underneath (the hearts underneath) So many places in this world were never meant for me (never meant for me) And a hard heart's the first place I leave (first place I leave) And so I run (and so I run) [Double: And so I run!] [Pre-Chorus: layered doubles + choir oohs, riser, snare ghosts, building tension] So many people say (people say) Stand and fight your demons (fight your demons) But I know that, at least for today, (at least for today) They get the better of me (better of me) And so I run (I run!) [Chorus 1: FIRST CHORUS - grunge loud + strings, female belt + high harmony double, controlled] I gotta run from the hard-hearted people (hard-hearted people!) I gotta run from the doubts in my head (doubts in my head!) I gotta run from the things that come at night (things that come at night) And everything I hate about myself (hate about myself) [Chorus 2: SECOND CHORUS - VARIED + BIGGER, add dubstep wobble under + full orchestra, gang doubles] I run from the hard-hearted people (I run! I run!) I run from the voices saying I won't make it (won't make it!) I run all day and all damn night, can't stop now (can't stop now!) I run so one day I can finally save myself (save myself!) [Bridge: DROP TO SLOWEST, orchestral only, piano + cellos + wordless female choir, most vulnerable, single + double whisper] I just gotta get by all these goodbye years (goodbye years) And all the people I used to love are headstones now (headstones now) Just their profiles left, and I've shed so many tears (so many tears) 'Cause just like everyone else today (everyone else) I fight for survival (for survival) And friendships are something you remember (remember) Archival (archival) [Solo violin answers] [Build: all layers returning, riser + timpani + feedback, vocal stacking from whisper to scream, double + triple] I run so one day I can save myself (save myself! save myself!) And I run! (And I run!) [FINAL DROP - BIGGEST: cataclysmic, double + triple + gang choir + orchestra + grunge + dubstep, max] [Female Lead + High Harmony + Gang Choir - all double stacked] Again and again and again! (Again and again!) I RUN! (From the hard-hearted!) Again and again and again! (I run from the doubts!) I run, I run, I run! (I run all night!) Again and again and again! (Save myself!) Again... gain... (choir: gain... gain...) I RUN! [Full stop, then solo piano + violin on goodbye motif]
