The Less You Need

[INTRO - slow build] [VERSE 1] i spent my years chasing bigger dreams collecting all the things that gleam the house, the car, the perfect display running the treadmill every day but empty rooms can't fill your soul and status games just take their toll [VERSE 2] bought the watch that cost a lot of time climbed the ladder in my mind each achievement just another chain floating on that endless rain the more i had, the more i owed carrying a heavy load [CHORUS ] the less you need the more you're free no longer bound by what you see the peace inside is what you need not possessions that just feed the greed the less you need the more you're free [VERSE 3] took it all and stripped it down sold the mansion in my town gave away the luxury car learned what simple really are the weekend hours came back to me finally i could just breathe [VERSE 4] no more proving to the crowd silence louder than what's loud internal worth can't be bought or sold a power that will never grow old the game is rigged so walk away that's the only winning play [CHORUS] the less you need the more you're free no longer bound by what you see the peace inside is what you need not possessions that just feed the greed the less you need the more you're free [DROP - with heavy rhythm] less! To possess! Peace! ...will increase. [BRIDGE - slower, introspective] they tell you more will make you whole but more just costs you your soul every item, every tie demands a piece of your life but when you finally let it go that's when your real power grows you don't need their praise or shame you're enough, you're not a game [EXTENDED GUITAR SOLO - metal ballad style with dramatic bends and sustained notes, building from melodic to increasingly intense, approximately 45 seconds of instrumental work climaxing with rapid tremolo picking then fading back to clean notes] [VERSE 5] peace is what i found inside when i stopped the endless ride freedom lives in what you don't own strength in standing all alone the system fears a man who's whole who doesn't need to play that role [Instrumental Interlude, short solo] [VERSE 6] simple clothes and simple life cutting through the noise and strife time becomes your greatest treasure living at your own own measure no one owns you anymore that's what real power's for [FINAL CHORUS - key change up] the less you need the more you're free no longer bound by what you see the peace inside is what you need not possessions that just feed the greed the less you need the more you're free [OUTRO - slow fade] the peace paradox is true it's waiting there for you the less you have to prove the more you've got to lose nothing, because you're free the peace paradox is me