"Weight on the Wire” is me talking about what it feels like to stand at that edge where life gets heavy, and you’re just trying to keep moving. It’s about the pressure, the doubt, and the quiet battles in your own head that people don’t see. The whole track is basically the journey from being overwhelmed to finding your footing again. Every line is me pushing through, reminding myself that even when everything feels unstable, you still get up and keep going.

Lyrics:
I been walking on a wire with the wind in my teeth, Pressure in my pocket like a debt I can’t breach. Cycle of the shadows and the doubts don’t sleep, I been fighting with the quiet where the secrets all seep. Mama say pray, papa say plan, World say run, battle say stand. Every step heavy like it’s carved in sand, I rebuild the same castle with my bare-red hands.  Heartbeat sync with the sirens outside, Trying to hold faith like it’s staying on my side. But the mirror talk sharp, cut truth in a line, “Boy, climb the pain or you’ll drown in the climb.”  And I feel that weight, that weight on the wire, Smoke in my chest, heart burn like fire. Pressure to rise, but I tire, I tire, Still I breathe through the break (through the break) through the break I aspire, break (through the break,) through the break I aspire, break (through the break,) through the break I   Felt rage in my ribs when the world threw stones, Every bruise taught code to my marrow and bones. Whispers in the dark tryna hack my zone, But my spirit run deep like a kingdom unknown. Trauma built cities in the back of my mind, Traffic full of memories I’m stuck behind. But I steer through the chaos, redesign the grind, Turn scars to a scripture only I can define.  Pulse like a drum in a war I inherit, Pain ain’t a weight, it’s a mould for the spirit. Fear try to bite, but I don’t let it near it, Future in my hands and I’m learning how to steer it.  And I feel that weight, that weight on the wire, Smoke in my chest, heart burn like fire. Pressure to rise, but I tire, I tire, Still I breathe through the break (through the break) through the break I aspire, break (through the break,) through the break I aspire, break (through the break,) through the break I   If the night gets loud, I speak back louder, If the fall gets close, I climb that tower. Life taste bitter but I take that sour, Turn every setback into self made power.  So here’s to the wounds that became my choir, The hurt that forged my inner empire. Still on the wire, higher and higher, A spark in the smoke, I aim and inspire.

produced by Afiqsafs

Weight on the Wire

“Light After the Leaving” is about dealing with loss and slowly finding your way back to yourself. Trying to put into words what it feels like to carry someone’s memory while learning how to move forward again. The track talks about the quiet moments, the heaviness, and the small steps that help you heal bit by bit. Every verse is about accepting what’s gone, holding on to what mattered, and choosing to rise with whatever strength you have left.


Lyrics:
I been tryna outrun ghosts with my shoes unlaced, 
Memories hit heavy, every breath misplaced. 
Grief sit quiet in the corners of my face, 
Whispering the names that time can’t erase. 
Life pulled carpets, left me bare on the floor, 
Heart cracked open like a half shut door. 
Pain moved in and wouldn’t leave no more, 
Had to learn that healing ain’t a race I score. 

Nights get cruel when the echoes get loud, 
Tears turn rain when the sky feels proud. 
But I still stand up when the hurt says bow, 
Voices from the past say “live somehow.”  

I’m getting over life lost, slow like dawn, 
Carrying the names of the gone, still strong. 
Light in the cracks where the pain held on, 
I rise, I rise, even when I’m wrong. 
Getting over life lost, breath by breath, 
Turning every silence into something left. 
Love don’t die, it just shifts its depth, 
And I walk with the memory beside my step.  

Had days I ain’t speak to the world outside, 
Felt small like a heartbeat trying to hide. 
Sorrow like a chain I could barely untie, 
But the soul finds air when the tears run dry.
Lessons in the hurt that I never did ask, 
Life shed skins, and I peel my past. 
Holding on to moments that fade too fast, 
Still learning how to loosen my grasp. 

I can feel the sun leaning in on me now, 
Warm on the wounds that I stitched somehow. 
Lost ain’t gone, it just hums in the sound, 
Of the steps I take while I’m fate bound.

I’m getting over life lost, slow like dawn, 
Carrying the names of the gone, still strong. 
Light in the cracks where the pain held on, 
I rise, I rise, even when I’m wrong. 
Getting over life lost, breath by breath, 
Turning every silence into something left.
Love don’t die, it just shifts its depth, 
And I walk with the memory beside my step. 

Yeah, I speak to the shadows, they speak back soft, 
Tell me every heartbreak come with a cost.
But I climb from the ruin, never truly lost, 
Healing is a flame that survives the frost.

So here’s to the people I keep in my chest, 
The lessons they gave, the ways they blessed. 
I’m learning to live in the space of the rest, 
And I rise in the light where the leaving pressed.

Produced and arranged by : Afiqsafs

Light after the Leaving

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