✦ GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD ✦
Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock like progressive folk rock live energy dramatic flute melodies warm hammond organ acoustic guitar arpeggios vintage electric guitar accents emotional male vocal with grit and melancholy shifting from intimate verses to explosive folk rock choruses intricate rhythms organic human timing medieval folk undertones analog 70s warmth theatrical concert atmosphere smoky stage lights emotional liberation anthem feeling realistic live audience ambience melodic
✦ GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD ✦
Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock like progressive folk rock live energy dramatic flute melodies warm hammond organ acoustic guitar arpeggios vintage electric guitar accents emotional male vocal with grit and melancholy shifting from intimate verses to explosive folk rock choruses intricate rhythms organic human timing medieval folk undertones analog 70s warmth theatrical concert atmosphere smoky stage lights emotional liberation anthem feeling realistic live audience ambience melodic
Lyrics
Verse 1
I packed my name in a paper bag
Left it by the screen door
Your words still hang in the hall
Like coats on a floor
I watched the clock look back at me
And I did not blink
The house went quiet in the morning
Quiet enough to think
Pre-Chorus
All you people
All your hands
All your promises
Fall like sand
Chorus
Goodbye cruel world
I'm leaving you today
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
All you people
There's nothing you can say
To make me change my mind
Goodbye
Verse 2
I kept your picture by the sink
Till the glass ran cold
Now the frame is face-down
And the story got old
I wore your doubt like borrowed clothes
Too long, too tight
Now I'm stepping through the doorway
In the pale first light
Pre-Chorus
All you people
All your signs
All your reasons
Left behind
Chorus
Goodbye cruel world
I'm leaving you today
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
All you people
There's nothing you can say
To make me change my mind
Goodbye
Bridge
If I shake, let me shake
If I break, let me break
I was born with a door in me
And tonight it opens wide
No more asking for a place
No more waiting in line
I’m taking back my breath now
I’m taking back my life
Final Chorus
Goodbye cruel world
I'm leaving you today
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
All you people
There's nothing you can say
To make me change my mind
Goodbye
Goodbye cruel world
I'm leaving you today
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
There's nothing you can say
To make me change my mind
Goodbye