An ambient acoustic instrumental about letting go...

WhenILetGo

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[Intro]
Shall I tell you a story?
His story. 
One inked on to a tether
The strongest of sails,
 through all manner of weather.

For the eternity I have lived
There he was,
The final foothold I believed.

[Break]

[Verse 1]
We found a ladder.
Root-made, not steel.
Bark for knuckles,
sap on the heel.

[Break]
You named it “Cathedral.”
I mouthed “Let’s see.”
Pockets of acorns.
Breath of the tree.

[Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
I counted creaks.
You counted rings.
I clutched the trunk.
You tried your wings.

[Chorus]
Elijah, up there,
calm as a psalm.
I whisper “Careful.”
You answer “Calm.”

[Break]
You say “I can touch it,
blue on my brow.”
Miles, and miles,
all happening now.

[Break-Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
Knots like commas.
We paused. You didn’t.
I footnoted weather.
You leafed the sentence.

[Break]
A jay kept rhythm.
A sparrow kept time.
Your laugh; a compass.
My heartbeat; chimes.

[Pre-Chorus]
Then; branch grammar.
One word: crack.
I fell to margins.
You held the stack.

[Break]

[Chorus]
Elijah, up there
quiet as light.
I beg the branch.
You bless the height.
“You feel it?” you ask me.
“I do,” I grin.
Sky on your knuckles.
Wind on your skin.

[Break]
Dirt on my elbows.
Grace on your grin.
Ground says “Stay.”
Air says “Begin.”

[Verse 3]
Years grew taller.
Bills grew bark.
We traded sap for
keys and cards.
Yet every problem
turns limb, turns leaf.
I hear you laughing,
above my grief.

[Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
“Trust the rung,
not the rumor,” you say.
“Risk is a ladder.
Climb anyway.”

[Chorus]
Elijah, up there,
stillness for days.
You hum to thunder.
I learn your ways.
“Look, no panic,”
you call through sky.
“Top leaves listen.
Fear walks by.”

[Break-Instrumentation]

[Break]

[Bridge]
When nights get knotted,
I braid your name.
I climb in memory,
you light the frame.
The trunk remembers.
Our sneakers know.
We were two echoes
one told to go.

[Break]

[Final Chorus]
Elijah, up there,
steady as prayer.
I say “Be careful.”
You say “I’m there.”
“Here with the skyline.
Here with the hush.”
Miles upon miles
heartbeats of hush.

[Break]

[Outro]
Shall I tell it?
I always do.
A tree, a dare,
a better view.
I stayed lower.
You kept on.
Top leaf, brother,
carry me on.

Carry me on...

[Outro]
[Humming]

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