[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Soft Piano Motif, Gentle Synth Pad, Light Fingerpicked Guitar, Subtle Heartbeat Kick Drum]
Morning breaks through fractured glass
Neverending starts to pass
Holding on to something small
Even when we risk it all
[Verse 1]
[Arrangement: Warm Bassline, Clean Electric Guitar, Steady Mid-Tempo Drum Groove, Ambient Strings]
I’ve been here before the fall
Answering a distant call
Every promise in my hand
Always slipping like sand
Still I reach and still I try
Underneath a shifting sky
Even when the nights are long
Something pulls me on
[Chorus]
[Arrangement: Expansive Rhythm Guitars, Layered Harmonies, Rising Synth Swells, Full Drum Accent]
Raised my hopes
Don’t let me down
(Down, down, down)
Off the ropes
Spinning round
(Round, round, round)
Hold me close
Don’t let go now
(How, how, how)
Lost and found
Still I vow
(I won’t bow)
[Verse 2]
[Arrangement: Pulsing Bass Synth, Echoed Guitar Chops, Syncopated Drum Pattern, Soft Choir Pads]
If the rise has its cost
Then retain gain and lessen the loss
Still I gamble with the light
In the shadow of the night
Even bruised, I stand again
The everending guides a friend
Telling me to not retreat
When the world knocks at my feet
[Bridge]
[Arrangement: Half-Time Groove, Ambient Piano, Swelling Strings, Tension Cymbal Rolls]
If hope is just a fragile flame
Why does it still call my name?
Through the chaos, through the sound
It keeps spinning me around
[Chorus]
[Arrangement: Full Band Lift, Anthemic Drums, Wide Stereo Guitars, Powerful Vocal Stack]
Raised my hopes
Don’t let me down
(Down, down, down)
Off the ropes
Spinning round
(Round, round, round)
Break the fall
Turn it around
(Found, found, found)
Still I rise
From the ground
(Without a sound)
[Outro]
[Arrangement: Fading Piano Arpeggios, Soft Guitar Harmonics, Distant Reverb Vocals, Gentle Wind FX]
Even if I lose my way
Hope keeps spinning every day
Round and round, it won’t erase
The light I still chase.
From the album “Raze“