Glass Ceiling Records

Out of the Gun — Song Profile

Introduction

Out of the Gun is a pop‑vocal piece that centers on the moment a survivor stops performing resilience and begins reclaiming their internal landscape. The song traces the emotional cost of pushing through trauma without space to process it, capturing the exhaustion, self‑concealment, and quiet determination that often accompany long‑term survival. Its language is direct and unadorned, reflecting the clarity that emerges when someone finally stops running and turns toward their own healing.

This track sits within your broader catalog as one of the clearest articulations of agency reclaimed from harm. It documents the shift from coping to choosing, from bracing to breathing. In the context of your anthropological work, Out of the Gun functions as a narrative artifact of survival logic — a record of how people metabolize harm, rewrite internal scripts, and begin to remove the mechanisms that once kept them in danger.

Version: Pop Vocals (Female Lead)

About This Version

This version of Out of the Gun leans into a clean pop‑vocal delivery, allowing the emotional clarity of the lyrics to sit at the center. The vocal tone is steady, grounded, and unembellished, mirroring the song’s themes of honesty and reclamation. The arrangement supports the voice without overwhelming it, creating a sense of forward motion that echoes the song’s repeated insistence on taking one step at a time.

How It Fits the Project

Within your catalog, this version serves as a contemporary emotional anchor — a track that listeners can immediately understand and connect with. It bridges your ritual, folk, and narrative work by offering a familiar pop structure while still carrying the depth and precision of your ethnographic songwriting. This version also functions as a point of entry for new listeners who may later explore the more experimental or lineage‑specific pieces in your ecosystem.

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Conclusion

Out of the Gun occupies a significant place in your catalog as a document of transition — the moment when survival stops being reactive and becomes intentional. It captures the emotional labor of disentangling oneself from harm while refusing to glamorize resilience. Instead, it honors the quiet, difficult work of choosing safety and self‑worth.

As your catalog continues to grow, this track will serve as a reference point for listeners and scholars alike: a clear example of how your work blends personal testimony, emotional literacy, and accessible musical form. It stands as both a standalone piece and a connective thread in the larger narrative you’re building across genres, lineages, and emotional functions.

Lyrics

There was no time to process this before
No time to stop just cause I needed more
No time to feel the depth of my hurt
Just keep moving forward
Resilience is so hard

Hiding my triggers
Hiding my pain
Hiding myself
Just to hide from the blame
But, I’ve finally run out of places to run
Step by step, breath by breath, one by one
I’m taking the bullets
Out of the gun

Every time I thought I just move on
That I just needed my abusers gone
Free from the heavy hands off these cowards
Just keep moving forward
Resilience is so hard

Hiding my triggers
Hiding my pain
Hiding myself
Just to hide from the blame
But I’ve finally run out of places to run
Step by step, breath by breath, one by one
I’m taking the bullets
Out of the gun

I made it look easy to heal and move on
But now at last,
I’m taking the bullets
Out of the gun
Out of the gun