Rejected

[Intro]
[A heavy rhythm on the guitar with overdrive and a solo guitar in the tapping style.]
[Verse 1]
He rises before dawn, heads to the factory floor,
The weight on his shoulders just keeps getting heavier, but he won’t show.
At home, the bills are piling high, the workday’s in a rush,
He clenches his teeth so no one sees the pain he’s holding up.

[Chorus]
In the evening, at the bar, alone at the counter, cold and still,
He pours the whiskey—bitter ruby, burning down the hill.
The world has turned away, it doesn’t hear his desperate plea,
Only the glass understands him, silent as the sea.

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]
[a smooth transition to a faster rhythm, а rich and heavy guitar riff, a dense structure of the bass guitar.]
His friends have scattered far and wide, his wife no longer calls,
He drags his cross through every day while his soul just slowly falls.
The boss is yelling in his face, the neighbor looks askance,
But he forces a smile, hiding every tear that wants to dance.

[Percussion Break]

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Tomorrow it’ll be the same: the circle, the endless run,
Just to survive, just to hold on till the rising of the sun.
Tonight he stares into the glass, where truth lies deep and clear
[Build Up]
No lies, no masks—just the weight of all the years.

[Chorus]
In the evening, at the bar, alone at the counter, cold and still,
He pours the whiskey—bitter ruby, burning down the hill.
The world has turned away, it doesn’t hear his desperate plea,
Only the glass understands him, silent as the sea.

[Outro]