Chained bird - remix

[negative space between phrases] [vocals forward]
[INTRO, sparse, open, a single note like wind through a high place] Left at the short house Right at the tall one Simple landmarks In a familiar sky
[VERSE, gentle, grounded, getting straight to the chain] It used to be so easy Before the pull A tension I couldn't quite name Always there I kept flying anyway Discouraged But moving
[PRE-CHORUS, false liberation arriving, breathless and wide] One day I didn't feel it The tension was gone I soared high above the clouds Thinking I must be free
[CHORUS, drop, open and soaring but with weight underneath] But the weight came back Expanded, not resolved The chain is still there Measuring every mile Of how far I've come Chained bird in flight Still flying Still flying
[VERSE, disorientation, wry exhaustion, acclimating to the altitude] I've forgotten my old map Too much fuss About where I've been I must acclimate To this altitude Unsteady between One sky and another Too high to read the landmarks Not high enough to feel free Looking down I start to see it differently The short house The tall one Specks now I can barely tell them apart
[PRE-CHORUS, paradox arriving, emotional climax before the prayer] The very thing binding me Has been counting every mile I don't know whether to grieve it Or be grateful [breath] Both
[CHORUS, drop, open and soaring but with weight underneath] But the weight came back Expanded, not resolved The chain is still there Measuring every mile Of how far I've come Chained bird in flight Still flying Still flying
[BRIDGE, everything drops away, just the prayer, bare and honest] Please Whatever holds me Help me soar With my eyes up Light enough To carry this chain [breath] I can see how far I've come And I am still not free And I am still flying And that is enough
[CHORUS, full drop, bittersweet and luminous, chain and sky held together] The weight is still there Expanded, not resolved And I can hold that now The chain still measures Every mile Of how far I've come Chained bird in flight Flying anyway Flying anyway
[OUTRO, wind returns, sparse and open, prayer answered with direction not resolution] Left at the short house Right at the tall one Specks below Eyes up now Trust the direction Not the distance Still flying

Experimental indie electronic funk, drop beats, intimate female vocals, warm, ascending, crystalline, dark