Clear Truths

{subtle vinyl static crackle}

Yeah.

Just me and the cold air tonight.

No glass, no ice,

no chasing anything.

{warm Rhodes electric piano chords}

I used to need a reason just to face the morning sun

Now I wake up early looking back at what I've done No

smoke in the lungs,

no fog inside the brain Just standing in the quiet,

learning how to name the pain Every step is heavy but the

path is getting clear I traded all the artificial warmth to be

right here

Wide awake and I feel the ground No more running from the

quiet sound (mmm) I'm sober,

I'm present, I'm here Watching the shadows disappear

{smooth muted trumpet counter-melody}

Used to pour a glass

to keep the memories at bay

But the colors got so washed out,

everything was grey

Now I write it down on paper,

watch the ink dry Look my demons in the face,

look them in the eye No cheap escape routes,

no tricks up my sleeve Just the truth in my chest and

a reason to believe

{drums drop

out} It's quiet.

But for the first time,

it doesn't feel lonely.

(ahhhh) {soft ambient keys swell} Wide awake and I feel the ground

No more running from the quiet sound

(yeah) I'm sober, I'm present,

I'm here Watching the shadows disappear

{full

rhythm section

returns}

Just breathing in.

Breathing out.

Clear mind, clean slate.

{music

slowly fades to vinyl

crackle}