Behind The Tracks. Stone Sea - Left To Be (Single) (2025)

Elvis Suhadolnik Bonesso (Singer, Guitarist, and Founder of Stone Sea): “Left to Be” began during a slow, hazy day back in Brazil, while I was visiting family and friends in the middle of a period marked by excess and reflection. I picked up an acoustic guitar and started experimenting with an alternative tuning — probably because I was trying (and failing) to play a Zeppelin song — and somewhere between daydreaming and absent-minded strumming, the main riff appeared. It was open, soft, almost naïve. I remember playing it to a friend who joked that it sounded a bit like Alpha FM, a Brazilian radio station known for overly upbeat, easy-listening songs. At the time, that contrast stuck with me — something gentle trying to exist inside a heavier personal context.

When I brought the song to Ireland and into rehearsal, it took a long time to become what it is now. I’d only written up to the second chorus, and for a while we genuinely didn’t know where it should go next — something that happens more often than not with Stone Sea songs. After a long hiatus and several versions later, the bridge, solo sections, and outro finally fell into place. The guitar solo — my favorite part of the track — came together just a week or two before recording, along with the outro lyrics and backing vocals. In a way, that final section feels like I’m looking “across the water” at an older version of myself, while also imagining a better future self waiting on the other side.

Musically, the verses lean into straightforward alt-rock and post-grunge territory, grounded and direct. The bridge pulls inward, built around natural guitar harmonics while bass and drums hold a steady, almost marching snare — like a quiet, introspective walk toward change. From there, the song opens up into an emotional, uplifting solo that carries through the final chorus and outro. “Left to Be” isn’t about resolution as much as acceptance — letting things exist as they are, and trusting that movement will come when it’s ready.

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