More Life Than I Can Lift

[Intro | uneasy | clean guitar motif | drums absent] [Verse 1 | tense | conversational phrasing | bass and broken pulse enter | low density] Whole years assemble by the morning Faster than I can begin Every version wants a lifetime I have one to fit them in [Chorus | yearning | held endings | guitars widen slightly | partial release] More life than I can lift More futures than will fit My body says enough The wanting never did [Verse 2 | urgency rising | clipped phrasing | piano enters sparingly | pulse stays contained] I count in hours, spend in minutes Always sure the math will bend I leave a little space between them Then fill the little space again [Instrumental Break | pressure suspended | beat withdraws | guitar motif isolated | feedback restrained] [Bridge | mournful | free phrasing | vocal exposed | piano and bass only] How much of me stays imagined? How much never gets a turn? I can choose the life I’m living I can’t choose which laivs I mourn [Final Chorus | anguished | held endings | groove returns | guitars remain contained | controlled release] More life than I can lift More futures than will fit My body says enough The wanting never did [Outro | spent | rhythm section withdraws | guitar feedback recedes | unresolved ending]