Grounded and Gone
Alt-pop with punchy four-on-the-floor drums, rubbery bass, and clipped handclaps; verse stays tight and low with a nimble guitar figure, pre-chorus opens into stacked harmonies and filtered risers, chorus lifts with a chantable gang-vocal hook and a bright synth lead. Vocal is intimate and close-mic in verses, doubled and ad-libbed on the hook, with delay throws on the final phrase. Ear candy includes reversed swells, snap fills, and a brief breakdown before the last chorus. Mix is glossy, wide, and clean with a confident edge.
Grounded and Gone
Alt-pop with punchy four-on-the-floor drums, rubbery bass, and clipped handclaps; verse stays tight and low with a nimble guitar figure, pre-chorus opens into stacked harmonies and filtered risers, chorus lifts with a chantable gang-vocal hook and a bright synth lead. Vocal is intimate and close-mic in verses, doubled and ad-libbed on the hook, with delay throws on the final phrase. Ear candy includes reversed swells, snap fills, and a brief breakdown before the last chorus. Mix is glossy, wide, and clean with a confident edge.
Lyrics
Verse 1
I been folding for too long
Trying to fit in small
Smiling through the pressure
Like I don't feel it all
But my bones are learning
How to hold my own
I can hear a new me
In the way I walk home
Pre-Chorus
Watch me change
By the hour
Soft to stone
Seed to flower
If I shake
Let me shake
I'm not breaking
I'm awake
Chorus
Might get crazy
Might get free
Strongest version
Right in me
Grounded, unbothered
Head up high
I don't need permission
To become that guy (that guy)
Verse 2
I been taking hits
And still getting back up
Mud on my shoes
But I don't give it up
Every old opinion
Falls right through my hands
I am not a question
I am a stand
Pre-Chorus
Watch me change
By the hour
Soft to stone
Seed to flower
If I shake
Let me shake
I'm not breaking
I'm awake
Chorus
Might get crazy
Might get free
Strongest version
Right in me
Grounded, unbothered
Head up high
I don't need permission
To become that guy (that guy)
Bridge
Let the old skin crack
Let the fear fall off
I was built for more
Than a quiet loss
Now I breathe like truth
Now I move like rain
I don't need to prove it
I can wear my name
Final Chorus
Might get crazy
Might get free
Strongest version
Right in me
Grounded, unbothered
Head up high
I don't need permission
To become that guy (that guy)
Might get crazy
Might get free
I am what I said I'd be
Grounded, unbothered
Here I stand
Strongest version
Of who I am (who I am)