Ramps and Lanes
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Ramps and Lanes
At 143 BPM in a bright E major, ‘Ramps and Lanes’ keeps moving the way its lyrics insist you should: forward, by choice, not by force. The central hook, ‘Not the path but the choosing,’ lands with the kind of clean conviction that early Counting Crows used to manage before everything got complicated, and the arpeggiated guitar work underneath it earns every bit of the lift the chorus promises. It does its job and does it well.
Lyrics
Lines divide Not to bind, but to guide Movement follows What was decided Colors fade Boundaries stay Signals flash But silence obeys
Not the path but the choosing Not the line but the leaning Let the lanes be drawn in motion Let the rules be made by moving
Slope invites What flat denies A gentle rise Becomes a flight Exit unseen Until the need Departure whispered Not decreed
Not the path but the choosing Not the line but the leaning Let the lanes be drawn in motion Let the rules be made by moving
Curves become The lines to come No map holds What must be run Each ascent Reveals design Every turn Another sign
Not the path but the choosing Not the line but the leaning Let the lanes be drawn in motion Let the life be made by moving
Credits
Songwriter: Michael Anthony Rose