The Weight of Uncertain Skies (Remastered) (Remix)

Album: First Strike

The sky looks heavy but the wind feels light
I’m walking the edge between wrong and right
Searching for meaning in a world so loud
But I carry my questions like a shimmering shroud

I ask the night why the stars don’t fall
If we're all born to answer an unspoken call
But I’m okay not knowing the full design
The pieces may break but this heart is mine

I’m alive with the weight of uncertain skies
In the wreckage of why’s I still choose to rise
What’s unknown doesn’t scare me it makes me feel free
Tomorrow’s a story unwritten by me

The mirror shows a face with lines so deep
From nights I’ve conquered instead of sleep
And though the cracks might tell a tale of pain
They’re just maps to the lands I’ll journey again

I’m bound to nothing but the will to try
Every detour shapes another piece of sky
The broken road never promised straight
But the crooked bends have made me great

I’m alive with the weight of uncertain skies
In the wreckage of why’s I still choose to rise
What’s unknown doesn’t scare me it makes me feel free
Tomorrow’s a story unwritten by me

The Weight of Uncertain Skies — Notes

The Weight of Uncertain Skies started out as piano ballad and perhaps I will release that version someday. The music was initially recorded by me on my synthesizer as a piano track – lyrics and all – before I adapted it to a more guitar-centric and Meat Thunderstick-ized version.

The lyrics are very personal to me as it reflects upon my engineering career and the successes that I have had, and my ability to deal with ambiguity and creating novel things that were once thought impossible. It wasn’t easy and, like everything, required a lot of work and getting things done by traditional means too, but the opportunities you get to create something new are very special. The lyric, “From nights I’ve conquered instead of sleep” will probably resonate with most engineers out there. The closing lyrics, “Tomorrow’s a story unwritten by me” is a nod to the exciting journey we’re all on.