Devil’s Encore

Intro – spoken with eerie reverb

“I took my last breath with the lights still blindin’…

Now I walk where the echoes live…

And the music never dies.”

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Verse 1

I woke in the black with the silence around,

No heartbeat, no pain, just the echo of sound.

I float through the stage lights I once used to burn,

Watchin’ my body, no chance to return.

The crowd’s still screamin’, but I’m outta the frame,

A whisper in power, a flicker in flame.

From Sabbath to solo, the highs and the fall,

Now I haunt every riff like a ghost in the hall.

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Chorus

I’m the shadow of the bat, flyin’ through the dark,

A soul on the wind, still carryin’ the spark.

My voice in your veins, I’ll never be gone,

In the spirit world screamin’ my final song.

Yeah, I’m gone… but I live in the roar,

Of the amp, of the night, of the devil’s encore.

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Verse 2

I see Randy smilin’ with his golden Les Paul,

Dimebag and Lemmy throwin’ shots down the hall.

Sharon’s still cryin’, but baby, don’t fear,

I ain’t far away — I’m the scream in your ear.

I danced with the demons, I drank with the gods,

Survived every overdose, every applause.

Now heaven or hell don’t know where I belong,

So I ride this storm ‘til the end of the song.

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Chorus – repeat

I’m the shadow of the bat, flyin’ through the dark,

A soul on the wind, still carryin’ the spark.

My voice in your veins, I’ll never be gone,

In the spirit world screamin’ my final song.

Yeah, I’m gone… but I live in the roar,

Of the amp, of the night, of the devil’s encore.

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Outro – whispered with fading delay

“Don’t forget me… I’m still watchin’ the show…

In the static, in the smoke… I’m never really gone…”