Let It Be Unheld

[Intro - 10 bars, vast cathedral reverb, sub drone, distant cello] [Verse 1 - Male soft baritone, breathy, spacious] Not every hand... must hold... [pause - piano] Not every gap... must fill... [pause - cello swell] I watched it sway... unheld... [pause] And nothing... fell in fear... [pause - low brass] [Verse 1b] I stood back... and breathed... [pause] Let the air... do its work... [pause] What wobbled... found its center... [pause] [Pre-Chorus - close-mic baritone] I let go... not away... [pause] I let be... not gone... [pause - sub hum] Unholding... is holding... too... in another way... [Chorus - massive low end, long pause] Let it be unheld... [pause - deep bass drop, 2 bars] Let it learn... to stand... [pause - cold pad] Let it be unheld... [pause - silence] Not by my hand... but on its own... [Verse 2 - baritone, slower] Control was... my comfort... [pause] And my... cage... [pause - piano] I opened... the door... [pause - cello] And it... did not... run... it stayed... [Pre-Chorus 2] To hold less... is not to care less... [pause] To hold less... is to trust more... [pause - low brass warm] [Chorus - fuller] Let it be unheld... [pause - earth-shaking drop] Let it be... unforced... [pause] Let it be unheld... [pause] And find... its own course... [Bridge - stripped piano + baritone whisper] What stands alone... is strong... [pause] What I release... belongs... where it belongs... [Final Chorus - softest, cathedral tail] Let it be unheld... [pause - 3 bars decay] Let it stand... [pause - piano tail] Let it be unheld...