[Intro]
[Low wah guitar and floor toms; slow stalking groove.]

[Male Vocal]
[Verse 1]
Razor leaned against the brick,
Gray hair tied, old smile still quick.
He held two coffees, black and plain:
"You still dress to dodge your age."
I said, "You came to laugh again."
He said, "I came because we're friends."

[Chorus]
There's no encore for a ghost,
No second set for what you miss most.
Powder every line you own,
Borrowed youth won't keep the tone.
Play tonight with those who came,
Don't spend your life renting a name.

[Verse 2]
[Male Vocal — Razor]
They offered me a tribute night:
Leather, smoke, a paid-for lie.
I drive a school bus now at dawn;
Kids tap drumbeats on their lunchbox lids.
I'm more alive at seven ten
Than backstage lying to my friends.

[Chorus]
There's no encore for a ghost,
No second set for what you miss most.
Powder every line you own,
Borrowed youth won't keep the tone.
Play tonight with those who came,
Don't spend your life renting a name.

[Guitar Solo]
[Wah guitar abandons flash for a plain blues melody.]

[Bridge]
[Male Vocal — Razor]
The dream can leave; the work can stay.
The kid who hears one chord today
Will build his own from what feels right.
Tell the truth, then play tonight.

[Final Chorus]
There's no encore for a ghost,
But living hands can carry most.
Lose the roof, the room, the sign;
Still pass on the four-count time.
Tear the contract. Take the blame.
Walk back in and earn your name.

[Outro]
[Female Vocal — Mara]
The doors open in one hour.
Are you done bargaining with towers?