The Weight I Set Down
Alternative rock with post-grunge influences. Features a clean, arpeggiated electric guitar intro that transitions into heavy, distorted power chords. A driving drum kit uses a standard backbeat with frequent crash cymbal accents and double-time fills. The bass guitar follows the root notes of the guitar progression with a thick, overdriven tone. Male vocals range from a melodic, breathy baritone in the verses to a powerful, belted tenor in the choruses. A bridge section features a clean guitar melody with subtle delay and reverb before a final crescendo. The track concludes with a solo acoustic guitar outro. Key of E minor, 145 BPM.
The Weight I Set Down
Alternative rock with post-grunge influences. Features a clean, arpeggiated electric guitar intro that transitions into heavy, distorted power chords. A driving drum kit uses a standard backbeat with frequent crash cymbal accents and double-time fills. The bass guitar follows the root notes of the guitar progression with a thick, overdriven tone. Male vocals range from a melodic, breathy baritone in the verses to a powerful, belted tenor in the choruses. A bridge section features a clean guitar melody with subtle delay and reverb before a final crescendo. The track concludes with a solo acoustic guitar outro. Key of E minor, 145 BPM.
Lyrics
But all the nights I gave away
Were stolen by a future that never came
And maybe life was never meant
To be a war inside my head
Maybe the sky is wide enough
To hold the hurt and still let go
[Voice cracks slightly] [More intense drums]
I hear the silence in between
The things I lost, the things I dreamed
And in that space I finally see
The world is still in front of me
So I let go
Of everything I cannot change
The fading shadows, all the blame
The fear of roads I have not known
I breathe now
No longer drowning in the rain
No longer chained to yesterday
For the first time
I feel the moment underneath my feet
There is a peace inside the dark
When you stop fighting who you are
The broken pieces still remain
But they no longer speak my name
The child I was still walks with me
Through every wound, through every dream
And I don't need to hide his pain
To know that I am whole again
Maybe the past was never mine to carry
Maybe tomorrow does not need my fear
All I have is this breath, this heartbeat
This light, this moment, right here
So I let go
Of everything I cannot change
The fading shadows, all the blame
The fear of roads I have not known
I stand now
With open hands beneath the rain
No longer running from the pain
For the first time
I feel alive inside the moment
For the first time
I am finally here
The weight I carried disappears
Into the quiet
Into the air