Run Alone

[intro] [verse] (Male – soft, intimate) I see you running through the shadows Breath shaking in the night Every chain around your shoulders Pulling you from the light They’re closing in behind you I can see the fear If you would only reach for me I am already here [verse] – 16 Bars (Light drums enter slowly) (Male) You’re tearing off the weight they gave you Let it crash into the ground Every lie that tried to name you Every cruel and heavy sound You don’t have to keep on fighting You don’t have to stand alone I am watching every step now Let me carry what you’ve known (Pause – instrumentation breath) Those stones upon your back Those chains around your chest You were never meant to hold What’s crushing through your breath [pre-chorus] – 8 Bars (Strings build, drums rise) (Male – stronger) They’re almost there behind you I see their hands reach out But I am closer than the darkness Closer than your doubt [chorus] – 8 Bars (Full lift, emotional peak) (Male – powerful, pleading) Give me your grief, I’ll take the weight God it is heavy but my love is greater Lay every burden at my feet You don’t have to carry it anymore I’ll stand between you and the night I’ll bear the cost, I’ll fight the fight Just turn around and let me be The strength you’re searching for [verse] – 16 Bars (Drop drums first 8 bars, build second half) (Male – intimate again) I watched you hide behind your silence Watched you bend beneath the load Every scar they tried to mark you with Every wound you never showed You’re throwing off what once defined you Let it fall and let it break Place it in my open hands now I was made for this exchange (Drums build) Every shame and every failure Every tear you tried to hide I am strong enough to hold it You don’t have to run and hide [bridge] – 8 Bars (Half-time, cinematic) (Male – intense, emotional peak) Stop running Look at me I am not your enemy Let the weight fall Let it break I was made for what you can’t take (Background vocal swell: “Lay it down… lay it down…”) FINAL CHORUS – 8 Bars (Biggest moment, full production) [break] Give me your grief, I’ll bear the cross Every wound and every loss Every chain that held you tight Lay it down tonight You don’t have to run anymore I’ve already paid the score Turn around and you will see I carried this for you– 4 Bars (Music strips back to piano) (Male – soft, resolved) Your burdens were never yours alone (Fade out)