The Burden of Time // Track 7

Walk Alone

Walk Alone artwork

Lyrics

Streetlights bleed on the wet asphalt floor,
Another night I’m walking through my own front door.
This hollow space, a ghost I know so well,
A quiet prison built around a silent hell.

I want the warmth, I want to not be alone,
But this need feels like a weight, a heavy stone.
So I walk this path, a shadow on the wall,
Not by my choice, but terrified to fall.

I see them laugh, a universe away,
Their easy touch at the closing of the day.
I practice smiles in the reflection of a screen,
Just playing a part in a forgotten scene.

I want the warmth, I want to not be alone,
But this need feels like a weight, a heavy stone.
So I walk this path, a shadow on the wall,
Not by my choice, but terrified to fall.

Is it strength to stand when you can’t feel your feet?
To force a pulse in time with this lonely beat?
I feel I must… but I don’t know why anymore.
Just know I can’t stay kneeling on this floor.

I must walk alone…
I must walk alone…
Not because I want to.
Not because I want to…
(ahhhh)

Meaning

"This song lives in the gap between wanting closeness and not being able to reach it. The need for warmth is there, clear and constant. It is not something distant or abstract. It is something you feel every day. But instead of bringing comfort, it sits heavy, like something you carry without knowing what to do with it. It becomes a reminder of what is missing rather than something that guides you toward it. There is a sense of watching life happen from the outside. You see people connect in ways that feel natural to them. Laughter, touch, presence. It all seems simple, almost effortless. From your side, it feels out of reach. So you try to adapt. You rehearse it, practice it, shape yourself into something that might fit. But it never fully lands. It always feels like you are slightly removed from it. What holds everything in place is not choice, it is limitation. There is something that stops you from stepping fully into that warmth, even when you want to. Fear plays a part, but it goes deeper than that. It feels like a condition you are living with. So you keep walking alone, not because it is what you prefer, but because it is what remains. The ending does not resolve it. It simply acknowledges it. This is the path you are on, even if it is not the one you would have chosen."