Q

[Intro - 165 BPM Clean Arpeggio]
[E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]

[Verse 1 - Clean]
[E] [A]
White around the hazel
[D] [G]
Looking into your flame
[B] [E]
Was the sun always this bright
[A] [D]
Or have the clouds grown darker by the tantalizing hour?

[G] [B]
When was love ever so loving
[E] [A]
And hate so vicious?
[D] [G]
It seems we can now measure
[B] [E]
The distance between contradictions

[Pre-Chorus - Build]
[A] [D]
With new clarity
[G] [B]
I see the world burning
[E] [A]
Embers quickly fading
[D] [G]
Ash upon the yearning

[Chorus - Heavy Distortion]
[E] [A]
HOW SAD
[D] [G]
HOW SAD
[B] [E]
BUT HOW WONDERFUL YOUR SHINE
[E] [A]
HOW SAD
[D] [G]
HOW SAD
[B] [E]
WHEN THE DARKNESS EATS THE LIGHT

[E] [A]
White around the hazel
[D] [G]
Burning in your eyes
[B] [E]
If this is the end of us
[A] [D]
Then let it be beautiful

[Verse 2]
[E] [A]
Shadows getting longer
[D] [G]
Days are getting thin
[B] [E]
We were made of contradictions
[A] [D]
Saints and sinners wearing the same skin

[G] [B]
You called it love, I called it war
[E] [A]
You called it peace, I heard the roar
[D] [G]
Now the sky is split in two
[B] [E]
Half of black, half of you

[Pre-Chorus]
[A] [D]
With new clarity
[G] [B]
I see the world burning
[E] [A]
Embers quickly fading
[D] [G]
Ash upon the yearning

[Chorus]
[E] [A]
HOW SAD
[D] [G]
HOW SAD
[B] [E]
BUT HOW WONDERFUL YOUR SHINE
[E] [A]
HOW SAD
[D] [G]
HOW SAD
[B] [E]
WHEN THE DARKNESS EATS THE LIGHT

[Bridge - Half-time, atmospheric]
[E]-----------------
The world’s embers...
[A]-----------------
Quickly fading...
[D]-----------------
And I’m still here...
[G]-----------------
Staring...
[B]-----------------
Into your flame...
[E]-----------------

[Whispered]
White... around... the hazel...

[Guitar Solo - Over Verse Progression]
[E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
[Melodic, mournful, then aggressive]

[Final Chorus - Biggest]
[E] [A]
HOW SAD
[D] [G]
HOW SAD
[B] [E]
BUT HOW WONDERFUL YOUR SHINE
[E] [A]
HOW SAD
[D] [G]
HOW SAD
[B] [E]
EVEN AS THE WORLD GOES DIM

[E] [A]
White around the hazel
[D] [G]
Last light in your eyes
[B] [E]
If this is goodbye
[A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
Then let your shine be my goodbye

[Outro - Clean, fade]
[E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
How sad...
How wonderful...

[165 BPM] [Progressive Metal] [90s Metal] [Atmospheric Metal]

INSTRUMENTATION:
GUITARS: 165 BPM. E A D G B E standard. Clean arpeggios to heavy distortion.
Moody chords. Dynamics between soft and crushing.
BASS: 165 BPM. Melodic, follows the chord changes.
DRUMS: 165 BPM. Starts with groove. Middle section: blast beats and polyrhythms.
VOCALS: Baritone clean in verses. Harsh growl/scream in chorus.
Poetic, desperate, haunting delivery.
MOOD: "White around the hazel". Contradictions. Light and dark. Love and hate.
Beauty in decay. World's embers fading.
KEY: E Minor
STRUCTURE: Intro - Verse 1 - Pre - Chorus - Verse 2 - Chorus - Bridge - Solo - Final Chorus - Outro