Bring up the lights!
My heart skips a beat and it pulls me under
My mouth is a cage for the rolling thunder
Revival in my lungs
Each crack of the snare drum takes me higher
I rise on the will of the amplifier
And lose control
Oh! No chance the person that you know
Could be the one that I've become
Without these midnight minor chords
God bless my memories
Every blank page night
Another chance to right the wrong
Each precious melody memorized
God save these memories
Everywhere I go the embers never cease to glow
So I can find my way back...
Oh! 18 is a blur in the rear-view mirror
But one night stands out a little clearer
The venue swayed and roared
'Til the doors couldn't swing
And kids poured in through the backstage windows
And these days wherever my weary heart goes
That night goes with me
Oh! No chance the person that you know
Could be more than a shell of a man
Without these midnight minor chords
God bless my memories
Every blank page night
Another chance to right the wrong
Each precious melody memorized
God save these memories
Everywhere I go the embers never cease to glow
So I can find my way back home
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Well I can promise you this:
He's gonna come for you, if he hasn't already
Someday that beast is gonna come at you
With glowing eyes and in a suit and tie
And he'll spin you lies laced with dollar signs
And if you don't know who you are, kid
It's gonna get ugly
But I cut my teeth in the legion halls and basements
And I've learned to love the bitter taste of failure
More than his sugar-coated version of success
So if you see him, tell him to run
Tell him I'm coming for him
With empty pockets and a full heart
And that fire in my chest