### **Song Layout** `[Intro]` `[Heavy Cinematic Brass]` `[Crisp Driving Drums]` `[Solo Violin]` [Verse 1] [Low Monotone Flow] Let the screen sleep, dim the heavy light Been wearing this mask all through the night Fake soft grin with a clenched-up jaw Stared in the glass, didn't like what I saw Door swings closed, let the world fade out Learning how to breathe past all the doubt `[Pre-Chorus]` `[Strings Building]` I don’t need a rescue I don’t need a crowd I just need my footsteps Not to echo loud Need the sink running slow Need the fan in the wall Need a little distance From it all `[Chorus]` `[Heavy Brass]` `[Anthemic Beat]` I need some time Some time to myself I need some time Time to myself `[Verse 2]` `[Grit]` Got the same old questions On repeat again Everybody wants a version I can’t even defend I been carrying voices Like a bag of stones Every yes left me tired Every no felt wrong `[Bridge]` `[Beat Drops Out]` `[Majestic Strings]` So I take the long way Past the corner store Watch the paper cups roll Across the floor No big revelation Just a quieter head Just a little less ache When I lie in bed `[Chorus]` `[Full Beat Return]` `[Heavy Brass]` I need some time Some time to myself I need some time Time to myself `[Verse 3]` `[Double-time Flow]` I can hear my heartbeat In the empty room Like a little drum tapping Through the afternoon I’m not disappearing I’m not running off I’m just pulling back So I can hear my thoughts `[Verse 4]` `[Triumphant Delivery]` If I go a little silent Let me be that way I’ve been everybody’s answer Every single day Now I want my own voice Clear and out in front Not a borrowed opinion Not a secondhand want `[Verse 5]` When I come back around I’ll come back true Less of what they needed More of what is you But tonight I’m not heavy With anyone else’s need I’m just here with the curtain And the floor under me `[Outro]` `[Fade Out]` `[Soft Strings]` I’ll leave the door cracked open For a better dawn For a lighter kind of knowing When the dark is gone Till then I keep it simple Let the silence stay I need my little island For a while today... `[End]`
