Running Low - The Raven Riders

The Raven Riders - "Running Low" is a dark alternative rock track about endurance without collapse the kind that doesn’t break loudly, but costs a little more every day.

There’s no explosion here.
No shutdown.
No visible failure.

The tension comes from functioning, from showing up clean, from carrying weight that doesn’t announce itself.
It’s about staying upright past what you can afford to give and calling that strength because nothing else fits.

This is not a song about falling apart.
It’s about continuing after the cost has already started adding up.

🖋 All lyrics are written by The Raven Riders.
We use AI tools only to translate our words and stories into music

🎵 Story of: Running Low

This song is about damage that doesn’t scream.
It’s about moving on schedule while your head lags behind.
About functioning well enough that no one asks questions.
About strength that looks clean from the outside, but burns quietly underneath.
Nothing collapses.
Nothing forces a stop.
You don’t fall apart
you just keep going past what you can refill.
That’s the cost this song sits with.
Not failure.
Endurance.

✨ For fans of
Nine Inch Nails (restrained era), Mark Lanegan, Queens of the Stone Age (controlled period), Interpol, early The National, Nick Cave (spoken restraint)

🖋 Lyrics : Running Low

I wake up already behind
Like something spent the night without me
My body moves on schedule
My head stays one step late

I answer clean
I show up straight
Nothing in my voice gives it away
If there’s a limit I’m crossing
It doesn’t hurt
It just takes

I don’t feel broken
I feel used up slow
Like something trusted
Until it’s gone

I didn’t fall apart
I didn’t shut down
I’m still here
Still holding ground

What I carry runs thinner
And it takes more than it gives
Not enough to stop
Just enough to cost

I keep going
That’s the skill
Spending more
Than I refill

I learned how to look fine
With weight I don’t explain
I keep pace in the daylight
Then carry it home again

No one asks
Because I work
Because I function
Because it works
If this is strength
It’s quiet
And it burns

I don’t need saving
I don’t need rest
I need one day
That takes less

I didn’t fall apart
I didn’t shut down
I’m still here
Still holding ground

What I carry runs thinner
And it takes more than it gives
Not enough to stop
Just enough to cost

I keep going
That’s the skill
Spending more
Than I refill

Some damage doesn’t scream
It adjusts
It adapts
It survives

You don’t notice the loss
Because nothing collapses
It just lives smaller
Over time

I didn’t fall apart
I didn’t break
I just stayed
Past what I take

I’m still standing
Still on track
Just paying forward
What won’t come back

If this is strength
Then this is true
I’m not done
I’m just running low

I’ll be fine
That’s not a lie
It just costs
More every time

✦ Tags ✦
#alternativerock #darkalternativerock #modernrock #cinematicrock #storydrivenrock #baritonevocal #restrainedrock #grittyrock #theravenriders #runninglow #alternativerockmusic #darkrock #postgrunge
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Released on : Jan 08, 2025
Original Score : Running Low