What Remains

Intro

"Nothing is gained without a loss"

"To obtain a thing"

"You must offer something of equal value"

Verse 1

Circles drawn in chalk won't bring it back

I traded a part of myself for a view of the end

The stairs keep winding down through the grey

I reached into the light and it took my skin

Iron and bone don't match up to a soul

Now I know too much to keep sleeping

Chorus

It took so much to see

Now I cannot find the old me

Just a shivering hand in the rain

Holding onto what remains

Verse 2

Rules we broke are blooming into weeds

The world looks different when you stop being a child

Searching for the price on the label

I am starving while I eat from the table of giants

Every single answer comes with a weight I cannot drop

It sits on my shoulders while I walk

Chorus

It took so much to see

Now I cannot find the old me

Just a shivering hand in the rain

Holding onto what remains

Bridge

Open up the gate

Let it pull

Take what is left

Turn the page

Break the seal

The sky is wide and bleeding

Guitar Solo

Chorus

It took so much to see

Now I cannot find the old me

Just a shivering hand in the rain

Holding onto what remains

Verse 3

I used to believe things could be solved with a pen

Counting the sum of a life while my vision blurred

Turns out we're just limited creatures in a giant house

In every exchange a piece of you is gone

and what returns is never what you wanted

Learning always takes something with it

Final Chorus

It took so much to see

Now I cannot find the old me

Just a shivering hand in the rain

Holding onto what remains

Stripping the vision

Shedding the skin

Holding onto what remains