[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Slow Organ Swell, Echoed Guitar, Deep Bass Pulse, Distant Synth]
[Minimal Beat, Spoken Vocal]
Burning brighter
(Burning faster)
Getting hotter
(Every after)
[Instrumental]
[Guitar Feedback, Organ Drone, Snare March]
[Verse 1]
[Steady Beat, Warm Bass, Atmospheric Synth, Tremolo Guitar]
A star that feeds the planets
A fire in the sky
A furnace for the living
Too fierce to question why
The oceans start to simmer
The forests start to fade
The third rock keeps on turning
Through the mess that we have made
[Pre-Chorus]
[Snare Build, Rising Synth, Layered Vocals]
One more degree
One more sign
One more warning line by line
One more drought
One more flame
One more storm without a name
[Refrain]
Wayward
(Rebel sun)
Headed toward
(… “and then some”…)
The only star
(That went too far)
Third planet out
(Shout:)
What’s it about?
(With a rebel yell:)
It’s hard to tell
(Given heaven)
Choosing hell
(Oh, well)
[Verse 2]
[Driving Bass, Piano Chords, Low Synth, Guitar Echoes]
The cities trap the sunlight
The asphalt holds the heat
The skies above grow thicker
The air is hard to breathe
We blame the distant heavens
We curse the blazing light
But all along the mirror
Was showing us our plight
[Pre-Chorus]
[Building Tension, Cymbal Swells, Layered Harmony]
One more flood
One more scar
One more sign we’ve gone too far
One more year
One more cost
One more paradise we’ve lost
[Refrain]
Wayward
(Rebel sun)
Headed toward
(… “and then some”…)
The only star
(That went too far)
Third planet out
(Shout:)
What’s it about?
(With a rebel yell:)
It’s hard to tell
(Given heaven)
Choosing hell
(Oh, well)
[Bridge]
[Half-Time Beat, Dark Synth Drone, Echoed Organ]
Rebel sun
(… their sum…)
… “and then some”…
[Minimal Piano, Rising Strings]
A billion engines humming
A billion fires lit
A billion little choices
Leading all of us to this
The star keeps doing what it does
It shines, it burns, it gives
The question is not what it’s done
But how we choose to live
[Guitar Solo]
[Wild Guitar Solo, Organ Stabs, Heavy Tom Drums]
[Final Refrain]
[Massive Chorus: Full Orchestra, Heavy Drums, Layered Choir, Synth Bass]
Wayward
(Rebel sun)
Headed toward
(… “and then some”…)
The only star
(That went too far)
Third planet out
(Shout:)
What’s it about?
(With a rebel yell:)
It’s hard to tell
(Given heaven)
Choosing hell
(Oh, well)
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Fading Piano, Organ Drone, Distant Thunder, Slow Heartbeat Percussion]
Burning brighter
(Burning faster)
Getting hotter
(Every after)
[Fade Out]
From the album “Laboratory“