Reflections from the Edge: Songs for Stepping Back Away is a cinematic, genre-defying concept album that walks the fragile tightrope between despair and resilience, darkness and light, survival and surrender. Drawing inspiration from torch songs, vintage ballads, disco anthems, jazz standards, and sacred requiems, this is not just an album—it is an emotional lifeline, a sonic companion in the silence between breaths.

Created by Akiva David, a seasoned chaplain with over 15+ years of frontline experience ministering to individuals facing mental illness, addiction, trauma, and suicidal ideation, each song is born from real encounters with the human soul in crisis. These aren’t just stories—they’re echoes of whispered prayers, shattered moments, and the sacred tension between holding on and letting go.

This music is not a replacement for therapy—but encouragement to seek medical intervention when warranted.
It does not diagnose or prescribe, but it fosters empathy, reflection, and emotional outreach. It is designed for those moments when words collapse under the weight of pain—when silence screams and the will to live feels like a distant memory.

⚠️ If you are struggling:

Please call or text 988 (U.S. Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or visit https://findahelpline.com for confidential support anywhere in the world.

This project exists as a gentle plea:
You are not alone. You are not invisible. You are not finished.
There is love waiting in places you haven’t yet reached.
There is divine attention—a whisper from beyond the edge—reminding you that your soul still matters.
Please, don’t expire before discovering why.

Track 1 To Be or Not To Be . . .

Track 4 Survive or Thrive

Track 11 When the Pain is Gone(;)

Track 9 How Many Pills to the Abyss(;)

Track 10 Survive or Thrive(;)

Track 8 Thoughts Spinning in Windmills of Pain(;)

Track 6 When the Pain is Gone

Track 5 There Is Always Someone to Love

Track 2 Thoughts Spinning in Windmills of Pain

Track 12 There Is Always Someone to Love(;)

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