EP
Standing on the Edge
EP · 5 tracks · 2026 · by Mike Baker
One night. Five songs. A whole lifetime in fifteen minutes.
A note before you read: this album follows one night of doubt and the decision to keep going. The songs and the writing below deal with wanting to give up. Support resources are on this page.
The story
Standing on the Edge is a piano-driven journey through one long night of doubt, noise, and survival.
The songs follow a quiet story: a man overwhelmed by the chaos of the world and the war inside his own mind, standing at the edge of giving up. From the breaking point in “The Weight of Today”, to the fragile calm of “The Quiet After the Storm,” the EP moves through reflection, healing, and the slow return of hope.
Each track builds on the last—ghosts that shrink in the morning light, small fires that keep burning in the dark, and the quiet strength it takes to turn around when everything inside you says to let go.
Minimal arrangements. Honest vocals.
Just piano, silence, and the truth that sometimes the biggest victory is simply choosing to keep going.
Because some nights feel endless.
But the story doesn’t end at the edge.
Before you listen, and after
If tonight is the night this record is about
These five songs sit with a person at the point of giving up, and they end with him turning around. If that is where you are, please talk to someone tonight rather than waiting to see how the night goes.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — in the US, call or text 988, or chat online. Free, confidential, 24/7. Text and chat are also available in Spanish, and there is a Deaf and Hard of Hearing option.
- If someone is in immediate danger — call 911, or go to the nearest emergency room.
- You do not have to be certain — you can call because you are not sure, because you are tired, or because you do not want to be alone with it.
Outside the US, the Find A Helpline directory lists free crisis lines by country.
If you only have a few minutes
Start here
01The Weight of Today
The opening song establishes the night's danger through the unbearable scale of the present moment.
02The Quiet After the Storm
Silence follows emotional overload and leaves the listener inside an uncertain pause before direction returns.
03Small Fires
Small sources of connection remain visible in the dark and create enough time for another decision.
04I Turned Around
The closing action gives the EP its purpose by moving one person away from finality and toward continued life.
Tracks
- 01The Weight of Today
- 02The Quiet After the Storm
- 03Ghosts in the Morning Light
- 04Small Fires
- 05I Turned Around
Track by track
01The Weight of Today
The current day's burden fills the narrator's view until history, support, and future possibility become difficult to access.
02The Quiet After the Storm
Emotional intensity recedes into a silence that offers space while leaving the central risk unresolved.
03Ghosts in the Morning Light
Morning changes the shape of memories and fears that appeared permanent during the darkest hours.
04Small Fires
Remaining points of love, duty, memory, and contact give the narrator reasons to stay through the next moment.
05I Turned Around
A small physical decision interrupts a permanent outcome and opens the story toward help, relationship, and morning.
Where it leads
Standing on the Edge ended with one person turning back toward life. Twenty-six days later, Shut Out the Noise examined the environment surrounding that private struggle and asked which signals deserve access to the mind.