23.1.1 Nothing to Carry Into Sleep
Verse 1
The day folds in without a sound
Shadows stretch across the ground
No need to hold what’s slipping through
Nothing here to follow you
Breath goes out, the body sinks
No one steering, no one thinks
Just the weight against the bed
And the quiet in its stead
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**Pre-Chorus**
You don’t have to make this right
You don’t have to win the night
Let it loosen, let it slow
Nothing here you need to know
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**Chorus (gentle, repeatable)**
Fall asleep awake, just fall away
Nothing to hold, nothing to say
Fall asleep awake, just let it be
No one here to carry “me”
Fall asleep awake, drift soft and deep
Nothing to lose in falling asleep
Fall asleep awake, no need to try
Just this breath… just this… goodbye
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**Verse 2**
Thoughts come in like distant rain
Tap the roof, then fade again
You don’t have to chase them down
You don’t have to turn around
Let them whisper, let them pass
Like wind moving through the grass
Nothing personal in their tone
They don’t belong to anyone
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**Pre-Chorus**
No need to fix what comes and goes
No need to follow where it flows
Every wave that seems to rise
Fades before it can define
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**Chorus**
Fall asleep awake, just fall away
Nothing to hold, nothing to say
Fall asleep awake, just let it be
No one here to carry “me”
Fall asleep awake, drift soft and deep
Nothing to lose in falling asleep
Fall asleep awake, no need to try
Just this breath… just this… goodbye
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**Bridge (slow, spacious)**
No edge to cross
No self to keep
No watcher left
To fall asleep
Just fading light
Just quiet air
No one leaving
No one there
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**Soft Breakdown (almost spoken lullaby)**
Feel the breath
Feel the weight
Nothing early
Nothing late
Let it blur
Let it slide
No inside
No outside
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**Final Chorus (very soft, loopable)**
Fall asleep awake… let it go…
Nothing left you need to know…
Fall asleep awake… drift and fade…
No one here that needs to stay…
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**Outro (whisper loop)**
Just this…
Just this…
Just this…
Sleep…
