Yesterday’s Childv6

[Intro: Slow eerie music box melody, followed by a melancholic 6/8 acoustic guitar and weeping solo violin] [Verse 1: Fragile quiet child voice, soft acoustic picking, faint music box chime] My little shoes upon the floor, A grown-up shadow by the door. The tea is cold, the teddy cries, I see the winter in his eyes. I try to draw a smiling sun, Before the lonely day is done. The past is sleeping in my bed, With heavy words I never said... [Pre-Chorus: Violin swells with dark tension, subtle bass enters] Nobody hears... Nobody comes... [Chorus: Heavy distorted guitars burst in, weeping folk violin, powerful desperate emotional child belt] AND THE HOUSE IS SO BIG AND SO COLD! TELL ME WHY DO I FEEL SO OLD?! ALL THE SHADOWS ARE LOCKING THE DOOR, I CAN’T PLAY IN THIS ROOM ANYMORE! WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?! UNDERNEATH THE FROZEN SNOW! [Verse 2: Sudden drop back to delicate acoustic guitar and sad weeping violin, quiet innocent voice] The grandfather clock begins to chime, I’m running out of stolen time. I watch the dust fall from the ceiling, A bitter, heavy adult feeling. Nobody's here to hold my hand, Across this quiet, broken land... [Pre-Chorus: Rhythm section builds up, violin cries with tension] Nobody hears... Nobody comes! [Chorus: Full band heavy guitar explosion, weeping violin lead, raw soaring child vocal belt] AND THE HOUSE IS SO BIG AND SO COLD! TELL ME WHY DO I FEEL SO OLD?! ALL THE SHADOWS ARE LOCKING THE DOOR, I CAN’T PLAY IN THIS ROOM ANYMORE! WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?! UNDERNEATH THE FROZEN SNOW! [Outro: Heavy guitars cut abruptly, solitary slow music box chime, faint weeping violin, quiet fading child whisper] Turn off the light... It's so cold... (whisper) All alone... [Music box and violin fade out] [End]