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ONCE AND FOR NOW I (HEAVIER SHADOWS)



FROM "CLEAR AND A MILLION" (2025)





The brightest moon hangs overhead
Not that it matters
We know these alleys blind
The vacancies and broken glass
Heavier shadows
Of what’s been left behind

And silence is what waits
In the sky and on the street
The emptiness that stuns and suffocates
It offers us defeat


So much of what was good is gone
Can’t let it matter
At least we’ve got tonight
Take one breath forward, then the next
Heavier shadows
To dissolve in the light

These fears we can’t allay
And the sadness of it all
The bitterness that dulls and wears away
It stands us up to fall


But still, here we are
As the world spins along
Holding on somehow
‘Cause once and for now
We belong - you’re right where I belong


Sometimes it’s hard to know
Truly how it used to be
The loneliness that spills and overflows
It rusts our memory


But still, here we are
Still the world churns along
We hold on somehow
‘Cause once and for now
We belong - I’m right where you belong
This is where we belong



© 2025 BIG AL PRODUCTIONS



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