[Intro]
(Soft keys, vinyl crackle)
Yeah — neon & parchment, heartbeat and page
Kick the kick, let the snares trace the age
[Verse 1 — melodic, warm]
I read the margins where the city lights fade,
Old voices on my shoulder, guiding the way.
Concrete and prayers, footsteps on the stair,
Lessons in the dust, wind combing my hair.
These books ain't just words — they're a map and a home,
A crooked roadmap that taught me how to roam.
I keep a spark when the night gets cold,
Holding onto stories older than gold.
[Pre-Chorus — half-sung, breathy]
Flip the page, feel the hum in my chest (ooh)
Told myself these names would carry the rest (yeah)
[Chorus — two-line earworm, repeat with ad-libs]
Flip the page — scrolls of time
Every name, every line
(Flip it — flip it) (Every line)
[Verse 2 — staccato, syncopated]
City burned, heart learned, pickin' up the frames,
Bricks to rebuild, we speak through names.
Lost a lot, found a lot in the margins of the night,
Turn the verse into a torch, burn it into light.
Paper prophets, streetwise and raw,
Lessons in my pocket — I walk what they saw.
Rhythms of ruins, cadence of rise,
I stitch the past to the now through my eyes.
[Call & Response — build, energetic]
Lead: Say the roll — say the roll, choir.
Choir (precise, echo on each phrase): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Joshua, Judges, Ruth, First and Second Samuel, First and Second Kings, First and Second Chronicles. Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Jobe , Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. Flip the page: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Acts, Romans, First and Second Corinthians. Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, First and Second Thessalonians. First and Second Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James. First and Second Peter, First, Second, Third John, Jude, Revelation.
[Bridge — sparse breakdown, vocal chops]
(Instrumental drop — low sub, sparse piano hits)
I carry them like lanterns when the streets go dark, (lanterns)
Names like constellations, every breath leaves a mark. (ah)
Vocal chop: "Flip — flip — page" (chop echo)
[Chorus — repeat, with ad-libs and call-and-response]
Flip the page — scrolls of time
Every name, every line
(Every name) Flip the page — scrolls of time
(Every line) Every name, every line
[Outro — layered, emotional]
(Full band swells, choir under)
We move with the weight of stories we find,
Streetlights and scripture, threads intertwined.
Instrumental tag — let the keys hum and fade (let it breathe)
Final whisper: Flip the page — scrolls of time, every name, every line.
(End with a soft vocal chop & one long piano note)
