[INTRO, sparse, glassy synth tone, single guitar note, silence between phrases]
I found something quiet.
Underneath all of the noise.
And then I looked around.
[VERSE, clean guitar enters, bass underneath, vocals forward and dry]
The people I was closest to were closest to my performance.
They knew the role. Not me.
Now there’s a glass wall.
I can see them. I can feel warmth toward them.
But they’re still running their script,
and mine was the one that fit.
I can see you in there.
I know what’s underneath because I was hiding there too.
But you have to walk through your own house.
[PRE-CHORUS, drums enter quietly, synth pad swells, vocals double slightly]
And so did I. And so did I.
Still awake in the land of the sleepwalking.
Even when the waking is lonely.
[CHORUS, drop like an exhale, bass forward, glassy texture opens up, vocals intimate]
I lost you when I found myself.
And I see you in there. Underneath the script. Underneath the performance.
Underneath everything you think makes you bad.
I see you in there. And I’ll wait.
Not because I’m better.
Because I remember what it felt like to be lost in there.
And I know you’re not the script either.
I see you in there. And I’ll wait.
[BRIDGE, barely a whisper, almost all negative space, single instrument only]
The love doesn’t require you to be awake to be real.
You’re not the script. You never were.
Neither was I.
[FINAL CHORUS, full drop, grief and compassion arriving together, bass and synth swell]
I lost you when I found myself.
And I see you in there. And I’ll wait.
Something underneath all of this was never lost.
I see you in there. And I’ll wait.
[OUTRO, sparse, arriving, vocals alone or nearly alone]
Still here. Still whole.
Still seeing you in there.
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