[Verse 1]
I asked the question
out loud
but the room didn’t answer right
there was a delay
between sound and meaning
like something listening late
my hands felt unfamiliar
mid-sentence
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[Verse 2]
I noticed I was noticing
that part stayed
after everything else moved on
the edges of things
weren’t staying still anymore
walls not holding their shape
light not landing where it should
I kept blinking
to reset it
but it kept returning wrong
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[Pre-Chorus]
something is repeating
beneath my thoughts
not words
not language
just repetition
without source
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[Chorus]
it keeps splitting
not loudly
just enough to notice
then more
then again
then everything at once
I can’t find where it starts anymore
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[Verse 3]
people talk
but their voices don’t sit still
like they arrive late
to what they meant
I answer sometimes
and don’t recognize the answer as mine
there is a gap
between intention and arrival
and it’s widening
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[Bridge]
I stop trying to hold it together
and it keeps going anyway
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[Breakdown]
NO CONTROL
(not thought)
NO CENTER
(not thought)
NO FIXING IT
(not thought)
IT CONTINUES
IT CONTINUES
IT CONTINUES
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[Final Chorus]
it keeps splitting
quietly
like it was always doing it
and I’m just now noticing
I can’t locate the original state anymore
I can’t locate it
I can’t locate it
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[Outro]
I asked
and I’m still hearing the delay
between asking
and being