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Tides of Man - Create Couldn't Keep Up

Copyright 2025 Drop Stereo. All songs written, created, performed, recorded by Timothy Anderson.

Verse 1

I’ve been walking through the days half-awake,
chasing meaning I could never name.
Every mirror showed a stranger’s face,
but tonight it looks the same.
I used to fight the calm, afraid to rest —
thought peace meant giving in.
Now I see the beauty in the cracks,
and call it where I’ve been.

Pre-Chorus

The past still hums beneath my ribs,
but I don’t let it drive.
I breathe, I bend, I learn to live —
it’s proof I’ve stayed alive.

Chorus

Open hands, heavy heart,
I’m still learning where to start.
The weight I carry makes me real,
but it doesn’t have to steal.
Every fall just draws the line
where I rebuild what’s mine.

Verse 2

I’ve made peace with not knowing the end,
with love that shifts and bends.
It’s not forever that defines,
it’s who you are when it begins.
I used to run from the quiet parts,
afraid of what I’d find.
Now I meet them eye to eye,
and leave the fear behind.

Pre-Chorus

The ache’s still there, but softer now,
a rhythm I don’t mind.
The hurt became a language
I translate over time.

Chorus

Open hands, heavy heart,
I’m still learning where to start.
The weight I carry makes me real,
but it doesn’t have to steal.
Every fall just draws the line
where I rebuild what’s mine.

Bridge / Breakdown

(guitars swell — rhythmic palm-mutes, then open into melody)
Let it break if it has to —
I’m not afraid to mend.
Every scar’s a second chance,
every loss a different end.

Final Chorus / Outro

Open hands, heavy heart,
I’m still standing where I start.
No need to chase what fades away,
I’ve found enough to stay.
Every breath, a quiet spark —
open hands, heavy heart.


Open Hands, Heavy Heart

Merlin.mp3

The Ghosts Among Us

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07 - An Ode To The Masochists

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Lyrics: 

Take the coast, 101.
It’s longer but there’s sun and water to make me feel like I’m getting better
And fill the void that’s on fire.

Oh my god so in deep with this!
My only friend is a shit plant,
Can’t wait to spark it on the front lawn of her new boys house.
Ha, I can’t stop this laughter.

Knees lock to the steering wheel.
Fingers twist paper, lick and seal.
One last match, so I strike.
Text an ex, “Can we meet up tonight?”

Oh my god so in deep with this!
My only friend is a shit plant,
Can’t wait to spark it on the front lawn of her new boys house.
I can’t stop this - Ha Ha Ha!

Why can’t you see what life’s about?
Took twenty years to figure out.
I’m not the type to explain myself.
Still we both know, you were nothing special…
Just another page in my burn book.
Oh, I keep telling myself you were nothing special.
(Well that’s a lie)
You said goodbye and my earth shook.
Oh, but there’s so many things, there’s so many things
I should have said…
But I never said it.


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