Always a tear away

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Always a Tear Away (Eyes Wide Open) — Controlled Version

Lane

Composed • self-aware • quiet authority

Emotion is present, but contained.

Tempo

Slow–mid (≈68–72 BPM)

Stillness with forward intent.

Key

E♭ minor (cooler, steadier, more internal control)

Instrumentation

• Piano (single-note pattern, no flourish)

• Low strings (viola / cello tone instead of soaring violin)

• Distant sax (texture, not melody — last third only)

• Minimal pulse (subtle, almost metronomic)

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Lyrics (Rewritten — No Explanatory Opening)

Verse 1

I stay upright in the moment

Nothing spilling, nothing closed

Every feeling has its place now

Every silence knows its role

I don’t reach for reassurance

I don’t turn away from sight

I’ve learned how to stand inside it

Without dimming down the light

Pre-Chorus

There’s a pressure in the seeing

That never asks to leave

I don’t fight it

I don’t fix it

I let it be

Chorus

Always a tear away

Eyes wide open

Held in place

Never broken

I feel the edge

I don’t fall in

Always a tear away

Still within

Verse 2

I’ve outgrown the need for armor

I don’t confuse calm with cold

What I keep is what is steady

What I drop was never whole

I don’t borrow borrowed meaning

I don’t need another sign

If the truth is in the quiet

I will meet it every time

Pre-Chorus

There’s a weight that comes with clarity

A cost to being near

But I stay

I stay present

I stay here

Chorus

Always a tear away

Eyes wide open

Balanced on

What’s unspoken

I feel the edge

I don’t fall in

Always a tear away

Still within

Bridge (low, restrained — almost spoken)

I don’t need distance

To stay intact

I don’t lose myself

For feeling back

(strings widen slightly, no lift yet)

Final Chorus (subtle expansion, not louder)

Always a tear away

Eyes wide open

Clear, composed

Never frozen

I feel the edge

I don’t fall in

Always a tear away

Still within

Outro

Wide open.

Still.