2/28/21

[VERSE 1 – soft acoustic, low vocal]
Yeah, Your birthday is coming up, 
And it brings me back, to the morning you couldn't get up. 
The world changed that day, 
Like something shifted I couldn’t name.
I stood up slow but my knees gave in—
Couldn't seem to catch my wind.
Every step felt twice as far,
Like there was a chillin my bones.
I swear the world kept spinning fine,
But I’d never felt so alone.
[PRE-CHORUS]
It wasn’t just tears, it wasn’t just pain—
It was something physical, something changed.
[CHORUS – emotional lift]
When you died, gravity got heavier.
This world got a lot scarier. 
The sky pressed down on my chest.
Nothing sat where it used to rest.
I guess i didn't know what to expect. 
Now every morning I need to Jumpstart,
Yeah, the weight you left on my heart.
[VERSE 2 – steady build]
You never said, “I’m not your blood.”
You never drew that line.
You showed up early, stayed up late,
And called me yours every time.
You taught me how to change a headlight,
How to shake a man’s hand right.
How to stand up straight in a crooked world
And not give up in a fight.
You didn’t have to have me.
You didn’t have to stay.
[PRE-CHORUS]
And I didn’t know how much you held
Until the day you let go.
[CHORUS – bigger]
When you died, gravity got heavier.
This world got a lot scarier. 
The sky pressed down on my chest.
Nothing sat where it used to rest.
I guess i didn't know what to expect. 
Now every morning I need to Jumpstart,
Yeah, the weight you left on my heart.
[BRIDGE – stripped down, intimate]
I’d give anything to hear you crack open another can,
To hear you clear your throat.
To go back to Sunset lake and ride on that boat.
They say time makes it easier—
I don’t know if that’s true.
I just know the ground felt lighter
When I was walking next to you.
Gravity’s still heavy some days.
But I carry you the way you carried me.
Learning to dance with this new gravity.
[FINAL CHORUS – full lift, raw]
When you died, gravity got heavier.
This world got a lot scarier. 
The sky pressed down on my chest.
Nothing sat where it used to rest.
I guess i didn't know what to expect. 
Now every morning I need to Jumpstart,
Yeah, the weight you left on my heart.
[OUTRO – soft]
Gravity’s still heavy some days.
But I carry you the way you carried me.
Learning to dance with this new gravity.

Moody cinematic folk-pop, pulsing drums, layered vocals, raw emotional build and explosive chorus lift, male