Rustu - The Person Behind Me [ BlackBranch REMIX ]

[intro] [Verse] Walking down the avenue where the shadows stretch and bend
 Every single step we take, it feels like we are wend
 Through a maze of concrete walls and glass and steel
 Where nobody ever stops to ask just how they feel
 Headphones in, the world is muted out
 We wear a heavy coat to keep the cold inside
 But we all know the truth that’s hidden underneath
 The silent battles that we wage, they can’t be bought or kept in depth
 A million faces rushing past in grey and beige
 A million silent wars that never have a way to win
 We hide behind the glare of screens and digital light
 But deep down in the chest, is there a flicker of the fire left to fight? [Chorus] (Drums kick in softly, strings swell higher)
 Dear person behind me, the world is a better place
 With you in it, in your own quiet way, you grace
 This broken circle that we spin around the street
 Love, the person in front of you, is finally on your feet
 Yeah, the world is a better place with you in it
 With you in it, just let it be a hit
 Love, the person in front of you. [Verse] (Bass guitar joins, rhythmic and steady)
 I see a mother in the rain who’s lost her train
 Trying to fix the pieces of a heart she’s lost in pain
 I see a teenager staring out a diner glass
 Wondering if he’ll ever make it to the other class
 We carry weights that no one else can see
 The kind of heavy that you never want to be
 The bills that pile up and the ghosts that call at night
 The fear of ending up with nowhere left to fight
 But in the middle of the mess, the noise, the static strain
 There’s something simple that we can say and not feel vain
 We don’t know the scars they hide beneath their skin
 We don’t know the darkness that they try to let begin [Chorus] (Stronger vocals, more harmonies)
 Dear person behind me, the world is a better place
 With you in it, in your own quiet way, you grace
 This broken circle that we spin around the street
 Love, the person in front of you, is finally on your feet
 Yeah, the world is a better place with you in it
 With you in it, just let it be a hit
 Love, the person in front of you. [instrumental break] [Bridge] (Music drops to just piano, then builds up violently to a crescendo)
 One word can change the whole day
 One smile can break the gray
It doesn’t cost you anything
 To lift another spirit up
So don’t walk right past their shadow
 Don’t pretend you’re not a part
You are the air that they breathe
 You are the hope they hold inside
 Look around! Look around! [Chorus] (Full band, powerful, anthemic)
 Dear person behind me, the world is a better place
 With you in it, in your own quiet way, you grace
 This broken circle that we spin around the street
 Love, the person in front of you, is finally on your feet
 Yeah, the world is a better place with you in it
 With you in it, just let it be a hit
 Love, the person in front of you. [Outro] (Music fades back to solo piano)
 Dear person...
 The world is better...
 With you in it.
 (Whispered)
Love... the person in front of you.
(Fade to silence)