[Intro – distant organ drone, soft rain field recording]
(Instrumental Solo)
[Verse 1 – clean delayed guitar, quiet bass line]
The world we knew dissolved at dawn
No one even rang the bell
We watched the old roads fade away
While nobody said farewell
[Verse 2 – gentle hammond organ enters]
We used to count the steady stars
Now every shadow moves and shifts
The child inside still reaches out
For things that no longer exist
[Chorus – layered backing vocals, slow drum beat]
We live in interesting times
Nothing stays, nothing remains
Every truth we held has bent
All the certainties unspun
[Verse 3 – subtle guitar harmonics]
We walk together all alone
Each one lost inside their head
We used to laugh at stormy skies
Now we are afraid instead
[Chorus – organ swells, deeper rhythm]
We live in interesting times
Bridges burn, new paths begin
We don't know where we will land
Only that we travel in
[Bridge – quiet, almost silent, soft piano]
Innocence does not die loud
It slips away while no one sees
But every ending ever was
Just the start of something else
[Guitar Solo – mournful slow David Gilmour style lead, building]
(Instrumental Solo)
[Chorus – full band, warm rising tone]
We live in interesting times
Though the dark may stretch ahead
We are still the same old dust
That once made the stars burn red
[Outro – fading organ, soft vocal hum]
Even when the night is long
Dawn will come for everyone