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All music written and performed by Timothy Anderson

Ride The Flame

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

Verse 1
I learned to smile through broken rooms,
Called it strength when it was fear.
Built a life on staying small,
So no one saw me disappear.

Verse 2
I chased the wrong kind of comfort,
Just to keep the weight inside.
Every high just made me emptier,
Till I ran out of places to hide.

Pre-Chorus
But somewhere deep, a sound began to grow —
A small voice whispering, “Let it go.”

Chorus
I’m not just surviving,
I’m learning how to feel again.
Every mark upon my skin
Tells the story where I’ve been.
It’s not the fall that makes you break —
It’s choosing not to rise again.
Now I’m actually living,
Not just surviving.

Verse 3
I’ve held the hand of loss and love,
And both have changed my spine.
The pain still knocks from time to time,
But it no longer defines.

Bridge
I found calm in the slower days,
In someone’s patient eyes.
She showed me what forgiveness means,
Without another disguise.

Final Chorus / Outro
I’m not just surviving,
I’m standing where the morning begins.
The past still lingers, but it doesn’t win.
It’s not the fall that makes you break —
It’s choosing not to rise again.
Now I’m actually living,
Instead of just surviving.

Not Just Surviving

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

Verse 1
I can feel the floor start pulling me closer,
every step hits harder than the last exposure.
Breathing in deep but the air feels thin—
I’m bracing for the fall again.
You say there’s calm somewhere in the distance,
but all I hear is my own resistance.
Trying to stand while the world leans in—
I won’t break, I’ll begin.

Pre-Chorus
Hold me through the shaking,
don’t let this be forsaken.

Chorus 
Collapse the quiet now—
tear the silence from my bones.
If I’m falling in the dark,
I won’t face it all alone.
Pull me through the rising doubt—
I’m not ready to be done.
Collapse the quiet now—
show me I’m not the only one.

Verse 2
Every step hits like a warning sign,
but I keep pushing through the fault in my spine.
Nothing feels real but the pressure inside—
I’m done with trying to hide.
I hear your voice breaking through the tension,
calling me out with a fierce intention.
Every word sparks a brand-new fight—
pull me toward the light.

Pre-Chorus 
Hold me through the shaking,
don’t let this be forsaken.

Chorus 
Collapse the quiet now—
tear the silence from my bones.
If I’m falling in the dark,
I won’t face it all alone.
Pull me through the rising doubt—
I’m not ready to be done.
Collapse the quiet now—
show me I’m not the only one.

Break this weight—
rip it out—
I won’t drown beneath the sound!

I’m still here,
holding on,
pushing back against the wrong.

Take the chains—
let them fall—
I’m not leaving after all!

Final Chorus 

Collapse the quiet now—
tear the silence from my bones.
If I’m falling in the dark,
I won’t face it all alone.
Pull me through the rising doubt—
I’m not ready to be done.
Collapse the quiet now—
show me I’m not the only one.

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Born in Arlington Heights, IL. Timothy has been a member of the bands “Mercurial” , "Removing the Reason" and “Azelyn from Brooklyn” growing up in his teens and early 20s. 
Today the project is done entirely by himself. 
Influences are Thrice, Deftones, Glassjaw, Circa Survive, Story of the Year, Finch, Minus the Bear

United we stand, divided we fall.

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