Timeless Ways
Nu Metal Track | Timeless Ways by Ward C Locke | Stream Free (140 BPM, E min)
Old spirits, eternal roads, and riffs that feel like they've been waiting a long time to be played.
The muse doesn't pick a lane. Neither does Ward C Locke.
No genre, no destination, no preconceived notion of what the music should sound like. Just whatever the muse is pointing at today, followed honestly and made with whatever tools work. The results don't always fit a category. That's the point. Come along if you're curious where it goes next.
Independent artist Ward C Locke drops "Timeless Ways", a Nu Metal track on SoundClick. The song is produced at a tempo of 140 BPM. No external samples are used in this track. A male singer provides a powerful vocal layer to the mix. The use of E min gives the track its introspective and emotional quality.
A solid entry in the nu metal space, crafted with care and intention. It has reached the top 10 on the SoundClick Nu Metal chart, peaking at #3. SoundClick gives artists like Ward C Locke a platform to share original Nu Metal music with listeners around the world.
Story behind the song
Phrygian scales give the guitar work something ancient to say, and 140 BPM makes sure it says it with urgency. Old roads, modern speed.
Lyrics and concept by Ward C Locke. Music produced using Suno AI.
Lyrics
Shadows rise, chasing echoes we can't hold
Dreams slip through fingers in the night's cold
We keep asking what we're searching for
Truth stays hidden behind every door
In the space between the joy and pain
We're just looking for something to remain
Fragile bodies caught in time's design
But something in us refuses to resign
Humans, humans, what are we here for?
Reaching for meaning we can't be sure of
Through the highs and lows, the love and loss
We keep moving forward whatever the cost
Searching for answers that never come clear
But maybe the searching is why we're here
Dust to dust, ashes in the wind
Mortal forms that break and bend
But the love we leave, the lives we touch
That's the part of us that matters much
We carve our names in those we meet
Leave our warmth in hearts that beat
Time takes everything we try to keep
But love runs deeper, runs more deep
Humans, humans, what are we here for?
Reaching for meaning we can't be sure of
Through the highs and lows, the love and loss
We keep moving forward whatever the cost
Searching for answers that never come clear
But maybe the searching is why we're here
We're not eternal, we won't last
These fragile forms don't hold the past
But in the spaces where we've been
Something of us still remains within
The kindness given, the hands we've held
The stories shared, the tears we've quelled
Humans, humans, maybe this is why:
Not to find the truth but to learn to try
Through the highs and lows, the love and loss
To leave something beautiful whatever the cost
The answer isn't waiting somewhere clear
It's in the love we planted here
Shadows fade but what we gave
Lives beyond the silent grave
Not in stone or measured time
But in hearts where love still climbs
