Next in Line
Album: Mostly Fine
Lyrics by Melissa Bianco
A soft, haunting ballad with a grounded female vocal, sparse piano, ambient pads, and gentle strings, reflecting on generational loss and the passage of time.
Lyrics
We were small, you were invincible
In our distress, you were a lioness
Love that laid itself down
Our touchable heroes
Generations of family
Legacies of love
Present forever by design
In our childlike minds
Innocent expectation
Childlike disillusion
Death of a legacy
A generation defined
End of an era
We are next in line
Long lines, soldier formation
Vanishing generations
We look at pictures
You fade, one by one
With each passing
Our time will come
Death of a legacy
A generation defined
End of an era
We are next in line
At the end of our time
You’re the next in line
You’re the next in line
The inevitable cycle of life
Relentlessly consistent
There is no sense running
It’s the cliff you see coming
Death of a legacy
A generation defined
End of an era
We are next in line
At the end of our time
You’re the next in line
You’re the next in line
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