The Distance Between Stars
Emotional Hard rock ballad with shimmering 12-string electric guitar, warm melodic bass and organic emotional drums only. No synths, no piano, no orchestra. Inspired by atmospheric emotional modern rock and poetic night-time melancholy. Theme of emotional closeness despite physical distance. Long emotional instrumental drift in the middle with floating 12-string guitar arpeggios, cinematic tom drums, warm analog atmosphere, intimate verses, large emotional chorus, dreamy night-driving feeling, around 7 minutes long.
The Distance Between Stars
Emotional Hard rock ballad with shimmering 12-string electric guitar, warm melodic bass and organic emotional drums only. No synths, no piano, no orchestra. Inspired by atmospheric emotional modern rock and poetic night-time melancholy. Theme of emotional closeness despite physical distance. Long emotional instrumental drift in the middle with floating 12-string guitar arpeggios, cinematic tom drums, warm analog atmosphere, intimate verses, large emotional chorus, dreamy night-driving feeling, around 7 minutes long.
Lyrics
der schimmernden 12-String-Gitarre
dem warmen singenden Bass
den weichen cineastischen Drums
INTRO
12-string electric guitar alone
open shimmering chords
gentle atmospheric delay
Guitar:
e|----0--------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|------3--------3-----------3-----------3---|
G|--------2--------2-----------2-----------2-|
D|--0--------0--------0-----------0----------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Soft distant drum swells enter slowly.
Verse 1
Vocals:
Midnight rivers through the city glow
Silver headlights moving slow
Every road beneath the rain
Whispers softly of your name
12-string fills:
e|-----------------------------|
B|--3h5-----3------------------|
G|--------4----4--2~~~---------|
D|-----------------------------|
Bass:
warm melodic movement
slow and emotional
Drums:
soft kick
light snare
ambient tom resonance
Verse 2
Vocals:
You are miles beyond the skyline
Still your shadow walks with mine
In the silence of the blue
Every star still leads to you
Guitar shimmer:
e|------7----------7-----------|
B|--------8----------8---------|
G|----7------7----------7------|
D|-----------------------------|
Bass becomes more melodic.
CHORUS
Vocals:
And the distance between stars
Is smaller than this empty room
When your voice still fills the dark
Like flowers growing through the moon
Wide open chords:
e|--7------5------3------------|
B|--8------7------3------------|
G|--9------7------4------------|
D|-----------------------------|
Drums open wider
large tom echoes
INSTRUMENTAL DRIFT
(no vocals)
Long floating 12-string arpeggios
e|----7--------5--------3------|
B|------8--------7--------3----|
G|--------7--------7--------4--|
D|------------------------------|
Bass sings underneath.
Drums:
cinematic tom patterns
slow emotional build
Guitar becomes more expansive
delay trails
dreamlike atmosphere
FINAL CHORUS
Vocals:
If the night should pull us under
If the oceans hide the sun
I will still be moving toward you
Until all distances are gone
Emotional sustained guitar:
e|--12~~~~---------------------|
B|--12~~~~---------------------|
G|--13~~~~---------------------|
Bigger cinematic drums
OUTRO
Only guitar and bass remain.
Final gentle arpeggio:
e|----0--------0--------------|
B|------3--------3------------|
G|--------2--------2----------|
D|--0--------0----------------|
Bass fades slowly.
Night ambience.
Silence.