Because You Do
single
Because You Do
The line ‘cracked beliefs I cradle like they’re clear’ is the kind of image that earns its keep, and PCBender builds the whole song around that tension between resignation and stubborn hope, letting the verses sit quietly in F# major before the chorus breaks open into something genuinely anthemic. At 112 BPM the pacing feels deliberate, almost patient, and the production rewards that restraint: the moment the wall of sound arrives, it lands with real weight. The two-word payoff at the end, ‘Because YOU do,’ is a gutsy simplification after all that lyrical density, and it works.
Lyrics
No form that draws the cutting hand of time Of shadows long and by gone days behind The dearest splay of confidence shattered Most sadly lost the things that do not matter
I slipped the coil, made the beggars’ plea That when I ask your charity is free I missed the line that’s never drawn in ink Which separates the thing from what I think
I go on though the ending’s always near With cracked beliefs I cradle like they’re clear Each dawn I greet with hope I can’t defend- A stubborn flame that flickers to pretend
Oh, would the stars appear to sketch the night Bring down the dark within the grasp of light And sing the tune assembled for the flight That leaves us breathless, longing for what’s right
I’ve seen what all a life can hope to see The helplessness, the lies, the cowardly It is not spite, just what I choose for me And yet, I know the best is yet to be
I go on though the ending’s always near With cracked beliefs I cradle like they’re clear Each dawn I greet with hope I can’t defend- A stubborn flame that flickers to pretend
I go on though the ending’s always near With cracked beliefs I cradle like they’re clear Each dawn I greet with hope I can’t defend- A stubborn flame that flickers to pretend
Because YOU do Because YOU do
Credits
Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose