Behind The Tracks: Chalk Hands - Fail, Grasp, Restore (Single) (2021)

'Fail, Grasp, Restore' is a song about forever questioning yourself, assessing where you're at, and imagining how your current actions could paint your future.

It's hard to have pure confidence in the choices you make. There may be days in which you feel sure of yourself, but then there are always going to be days where you can't help but battle with doubt. The song, in short, asks if you feel you have made the most out of your time, with the one body you are given. You learn to live with the scars made from bad choices and you carry your achievements everywhere you go. You take all of this forward and it will inevitably take part in who you will become, so who will you become?

Ultimately 'Fail, Grasp, Restore' is a song about acceptance, the desire to be at peace with who you are and about learning to deal with your past in the healthiest way you can, allowing it to improve your future.

Lyrics:

That face you hold is a subtle blend of confidence and haste

You've made it clear, your faith and reason

The way you act and say you are casting words to waste

Your past holds you here, with your fading reasons

You may say you are, claim you are

A flaw is worth its weight

That one fail

A shard, a splinter

A second wind of hate

A shard, a splinter

Of hope and dismay

Of hope and dismay

Of hope and dismay

Shed from me

Fail, grasp, restore

You've left your skin before

Relive, retract, endure

You should be striving for more