Without You Within Me (May '26)

Written by Briyan Frederick and Joe Maki ℗ by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP & Jomah Kai Music, ASCAP | briyanfrederick.com | babyfredmusic.com © Briyan Frederick Baker, Joseph Alan Maki. All rights reserved. Joe Maki and Briyan Frederick: original 4-track recording Briyan Frederick: sunoai arrangement Without You Within Me One fading candle lights this lonely room One lonely soul who huddles in the gloom One aching heart that beats against its frame Can I withstand the emptiness of pain? Oh, was it time that left its scars in me Why will my mind simply not let me be? Or is it autumn's rain that leaves me cold? Drains me of everything with nothing left to hold [chorus] Without you within me Without your light that brings me Every brand new beginning Without you within me Without you within me Without you within me! Oh! If I called out your name would you return Or would this ache inside be left to burn? And if the flame subsides will I be free -- Free to face the night that waits for me? [chorus] Without you within me Without your light that brings me Every brand new beginning Without you within me Without you within me Without you within me! Oh! When was my life left changed by this regret Deepening with every single dying breath How long will hopelessness succor my defeat After all my hope quietly retreats? [chorus] Without you within me Without your light that brings me Every brand new beginning Without you within me Without you within me Without you within me!