This song is in 5/4 and 3/4 at 130 bpm. It is the first installment of The Story of Darius. No auto tune. Just an acoustic guitar and a voice. Some synth in the second half of the song.


The light struck his eyelids, slowly his brain caught wind that morning was coming for him.

She slept through the suns many attempts to rise maybe she’d shine if only she'd try but she never does.

His clothes lay folded and so organized like the path that he’s carved out through time
Through his daily routine that he repeats and repeats day after day.

His tie cuts into his neck like a noose.
He’s jailed by the shape of his suit.
He smiles at the mirror and notices he doesn’t recognize himself.

She burns down some pot...fills a glass of red wine.
She’s always taking her time.
She fell out of line long ago.
And thats where she stayed.
Her friends say she needs to find herself a man,
Someone who will do all they can.
...to keep her from losing her mind
...to keep her feet on the ground

His tie cuts into his neck like a noose.
He’s jailed by the shape of his suit.
He smiles at the mirror and notices he doesn’t recognize himself.

A long day of work lands him at the bar
Each day ends for her drunk with no car
no way to get home so she looks for a guy with some keys

They flirt for a while  she suggests they de part
But he can still see there’s some hole in her heart 
so he turns her down  and she walks away quite depressed.
     
She’s gone now, so drunk that the room’s turned inside out,
she bumps into him as he walks 
out of the bar he passes his car cause he’s only a block down the street.

He wakes up to a knock on the door. 
The men in blue ask if he drives a black four door sedan
They read him the plates and he nods still barely awake.
They hold up a picture of her.
He remembers last night.
She must’ve taken his keys as he left
He remembers last night.
She drove off into the dark and tears streamed down her face.
A little girl walked out into the street.
She slammed down on the brakes    
but it was too late for both of them...